$1million Invincible Colt Leads Invincible 2YO Trifecta

Tara Madgwick - Saturday July 29

Champion sire I Am Invincible always looked to have a strong hand in a very competitive two year-old race at Randwick on Saturday and he duly got the trifecta with $1million colt Caballus overhauling a pair of very promising fillies in Estriella and Shaken.

Caballus runs to Estriella at Randwick - image Steve Hart

Estriella and Shaken were both coming off impressive maiden wins at the provincials, while the Chris Waller trained Caballus was totally luckless when unplaced on debut and not beaten far at Canterbury earlier this month.

Shaken and Estriella raced forward, while Caballus was allowed to settle back in the field, but he unwound a big finish for James McDonald to power home and grab Estriella, winning the 1100m dash by half a head with Shaken fading to third three lengths back.

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They clocked a brisk 1.03.25 which was a class record indicating a bright future for the place-getters.

“We just wanted to get that first win out of the way,” said Chris Waller.

“He had no luck at all on debut, although he had a good experience and he’s gone forward from that.”

James McDonald was impressed with the colt and believes 1400m will hold no fears for him in the future.

Caballus is a gorgeous looking colt - image Steve Hart

"He's a cracking horse, a really good moving horse, good attitude so it will take him a long way," McDonald said. 

"It's nice to knock off a nice, sharp two-year-old race with him and hopefully the three-year-old season is good to him." 

Raced by Coolmore and partners, Caballus was a $1million Inglis Easter purchase for Tom Magnier from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft and was broken in and educated at Coolmore. He is the fourth winner from four foals to race from Group III placed Calming Influence, a daughter of stakes-winner Calming.

Caballus is another successful graduate of the Coolmore breaking and education system.

Caballus is the 199th winner of the season for I Am Invincible and is his 20th Australian two year-old winner.

The Yarraman Park based super sire is fully booked at a fee of $302,500 this spring.

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Race Result - ATC Thank You Trainers Hcp 1100m

Randwick Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:03.25
1
Caballus
- 2c I Am Invincible (AUS) x Calming Influence (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56.5
2
0.1
Estriella
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Madrigals (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 54.5
3
3.1
Shaken
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Earthquake (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: Zac Lloyd 53
4
4.1
Vos Savant
- 2f Denman (AUS) x Smart Miss (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: J R Collett 54.5
5
4.4
Untouchable Legend
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Endean Rose (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Tyler Schiller 54
6
5.8
Desperately
- 2f Rubick (AUS) x Dream Kisses (AUS) (Dream Ahead (USA))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
7
6.1
Portorosa
- 2f Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Laguna Azzurra (JPN) (Heart's Cry (JPN))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham Rdr: Regan Bayliss 54
8
6.2
Destructive Diva
- 2f Smart Missile (AUS) x Atom Eve (AUS) (I Am Invincible (AUS))
Tnr: N F Gardner Rdr: D R Beasley 54
9
6.3
Infatuation
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Sweet Kiss (AUS) (Strada (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: Rachel King 58.5
10
6.5
Sounds Of Heaven
- 2f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Villa Carlotta (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham Rdr: C Schofield 54.5
11
8.4
Zale
- 2c Denman (AUS) x Lauren's Magic (AUS) (Beneteau (AUS))
Tnr: G R Nickson Rdr: Mitchell Bell 55
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