I Am Invincible - New Winner

Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa is one of the more affordable sires on the Yulong roster and he sired his third winner at Bendigo on Thursday when well bred filly Teine Aulelia made a winning debut.

Second to subsequent Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner Espionage at the official Sydney 2YO trials last month, expensive I Am Invincible colt Bodyguard was dispatched to Melbourne for the $175,000 Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial (100m) at Flemington on Saturday and produced a stylish debut win in the James Harron Bloodstock colours.

Little Avondale stallion Per Incanto’s outstanding season carried on in the Karaka sale ring on Thursday, where his weanling colt fetched a sale-topping $190,000 in the opening hour of the NZB National Weanling Sale.

Racing NSW today announced that Mulberry Racing has secured a slot in the $20 million TAB Everest for a term of three years commencing with the running of this year’s race.

Successful pinhookers Kaha Nui Farm were to the fore at Karaka on Thursday, and were rewarded with the crown of leading buyer at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale.

Pukekohe’s Wednesday meeting marked the end of an era for Auckland Thoroughbred Racing, as Ross Coles, a treasured figure in the industry, retired after 60 years as Clerk of the Course.

The first progeny of Windsor Park Stud stallion Profondo made a favourable impression during the NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka on Thursday.

Blue Gum Farm have an appealing roster of three sires for this spring and while it’s all in front of Sejardan and Oxley Road, proven favourite Flying Artie remains unbeatable value and the G1 sire produced a four length 2YO winner on Thursday.

Expensive I Am Invincible colt Bodyguard looked good winning the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial (1000m) at Flemington last spring and even better when resuming from a spell to score a dominant win in a hot clash of colts in the $300,000 Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

As we move towards the end of the racing season, attention invariably focuses on first season sires and who will be the leader of the cohort by winners and it’s a close run race this year, but does any of it matter in the grand scheme of things?