breednet.com.au

Yarraman Park Celebrate King of Sparta MM Sprint Victory

Tara Madgwick - Thursday January 19

Yarraman Park bred, sold and co-owned King of Sparta captured the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas last year and was back for another big win at the Gold Coast on Thursday winning the $1million Magic Millions Sprint (1200m).

Advertisement

King of Sparta makes it back to back MM wins - image Grant Courtney

King Of Sparta was heavily backed from $6.50 into $4 that day and again provided a popular win this year, with the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained gelding scoring a 1-1/2-length win as $1.90 favourite in the $1 million event.

“He’s just got to win one of these races every year and he keeps ticking all the boxes for us,” Snowden said.

“He loves coming up here and being away and he loves the sunshine. God bless him.”

A $700,000 yearling purchase for China Horse Club, Newgate Farm and Starlight Racing from Yarraman Park at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, King of Sparta was gelded after just four runs and his overall record is now six wins from 19 starts with prizemoney topping $2.2million.

King of Sparta basks as a winner in blue - image Grant Courteny

After being gelded he had a change of ownership and King Of Sparta is now raced by a syndicate headed by Yarraman Park and is the fourth foal, and best performer to date for Group III winning Holly Roman Emperor (IRE) mare Octavia.

She has a yearling and weanling colt by I Am Invincible and is back in foal to the champion sire again.

The win of King of Sparta will propel his sire I Am Invincible to the top of the Australian General Sires List overtaking Savabeel and he’s going to be tough to run down in the back end of the season.

Advertisment

Race Result - $1m It's Live In Qld Mm Sprint 1200m

Gold Coast Track: Good(4) Time: 1:09.27
1
King Of Sparta
- 4g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Octavia (AUS) (Holy Roman Emperor (IRE))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: J B Mc Donald 59
Inglis September (Late) Online Sale $110,000
Seller: Newgate
Buyer: Executive Racing Club
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $1,300,000
Seller: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone
Buyer: China Horse Club / Newgate / Go Bloodstock / Trilogy
2
1.5
Shooting For Gold
- 5g Shooting To Win (AUS) x Amber's Crown (AUS) (Excites (AUS))
Tnr: S O'Dea & M Hoysted Rdr: M Zahra 58
3
2.0
Vowmaster
- 5g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Bring A Ring (AUS) (Sebring (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: B Avdulla 56
4
2.2
Blondeau
- 5g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Bit Of Cheek (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: James Orman 57
5
2.4
Goldsborough
- 5g Headwater (AUS) x Trista Rossa (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: G R Duncan Rdr: Ben Thompson 56
6
2.5
Snowzone
- 6g Snitzel (AUS) x Snowdrift (FR) (Polish Precedent (USA))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: Tommy Berry 56
7
2.6
Hard Empire
- 9g Hard Spun (USA) x Last Quill (AUS) (Last Tycoon (IRE))
Tnr: A J & T Edmonds Rdr: Rachel King 59
8
2.7
Spaceboy
- 6g Deep Field (AUS) x Miatoko (AUS) (Danzero (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Jamie Kah 56
9
4.5
Maotai
- 4g Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Fascination Street (NZ) (Elusive City (USA))
Tnr: Kacy Fogden Rdr: A Mallyon 56
10
10.5
Axe
- 6g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Exselva (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Jack Bruce Rdr: Tim Clark 57
More Reading...
Widden Sell First Million Dollar Yearling for Anamoe
Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe is leading the first season sire averages at Magic Millions and put the issue well beyond doubt when he produced his first seven figure yearling on Friday with Widden Stud’s colt from Secret Trail fetching $1.1million.
Track Record for I Am Invincible's King Of Sparta
It’s often a tough decision to geld a high-priced yearling, especially when it is owned by a consortium of breeders, but it looks to have have done the trick for King Of Sparta.
$900,000 for Zoustar Half-Sister to Farnan
Reigning champion sire Zoustar posted his best result at Magic Millions on Friday when the half-sister to Golden Slipper winner and exciting young sire Farnan sold for $900,000.
$550,000 Home Affairs Filly to Redgum Racing
John McArdle has had a great run of late with flying I Am Invincible filly My Gladiola and he took a shine to another good looking filly bred for speed at Magic Millions on Friday paying $550,000 for the Home Affairs filly from Real Surreal.
$1.25 Million Invincible Filly to Waller Racing
Champion sire I Am invincible has produced a filly to sell for a million or more on each of the three days of Magic Millions so far and he did it again on Friday when the Coolmore consigned filly from Qafila fetched $1.25million.
461 Catalogued for First Inglis Digital Sale of 2026
A beautifully bred mare with an I Am Invincible colt at foot and a young half sister to a recent G1 winner are just two of the standout entries in a large catalogue brimming with quality in the Inglis Digital January Online Sale.
MyRacehorse Snap Up $750,000 Stay Inside Filly
With two stakes-winners on his resume already, Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside couldn’t be doing much more and Sledmere Stud were well rewarded when they sold one of his fillies at Magic Millions on Friday for $750,000.
King of Sparta Loves the Gold Coast!
Yarraman Park bred, sold and co-owned I Am Invincible gelding King of Sparta captured the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in 2022, the Magic Millions Sprint in 2023 and returned to the Gold Coast on Saturday to do it all again scoring a commanding win in the $1million Magic Millions Snippets (!200m).
$650,000 for Diatonic Filly from Snapdancer
Yulong have brought a stellar draft of horses to Magic Millions and they include first crop yearlings by high class Japanese sprinter miler Diatonic (Jpn), who was in the spotlight on Friday when his filly from Snapdancer sold for $650,000.
King Of Sparta Electric in Falvelon Quality
A high-priced son of I Am Invincible, King Of Sparta was gelded after failing to win in his first four starts at two.