$1.2Million Invincible Mare on the Up

Tara Madgwick - Saturday January 20

A $1.2million Inglis Easter purchase, Dakota Vroom is the first foal of Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy and this talented daughter of I Am Invincible is starting to realise her potential. powering to a dominant win at Canterbury on Friday night.

Trained by Chris Waller, Dakota Vroom won first up from a spell earlier this month and then repeated the performance last night despite carrying 60kg and being cluttered up on fence for much of the race.

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When angled into the clear by Tommy Berry, she zoomed home to win the Benchmark 72 event over 1250m by three-quarters of a length running away and has now won three of six starts earning over $100,000 in prizemoney with the promise of more to come as she works through her grades.

$1.2million Inglis Easter purchase Dakota Vroom.

Bred by Dorrington Farm’s Robert Crabtree, who also raced her mother Catchy, Dakota Vroom was snapped up by Waller Racing/ Hermitage Thoroughbreds for $1.2million from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft at Inglis Easter.

She is the first foal from Fastnet Rock’s $1.9million earner Catchy, whose second foal is promising Zoustar three year-old filly Floozie, who was retained and is a winner for the Price and Kent training partnership.

Catchy has a two year-old filly by Too Darn Hot (GB) that sold last year for $550,000 at Inglis Easter to Anthony Cummings and is named Catonahotinroof. After missing to Extreme Choice the following year, she produced a filly by Champion European 2YO Colt Pinatubo (IRE) last year and is now in foal to Blue Point (IRE).

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Race Result - Hyland Race Colours (Bm72) 1250m

Canterbury Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:13.77
1
Dakota Vroom
- 4m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Catchy (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 60
2
0.8
Tycoon Deshauna
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Supersay (AUS) (Rothesay (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: A Hyeronimus 55.5
3
2.2
Euros
- 4m Capitalist (AUS) x Gone To Paris (AUS) (Duporth (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Reece Jones 58
Inglis June (Late) Online Sale $47,500
Seller: Ryan & Alexiou Racing (as agent)
Buyer: Gavin Byrne VIC
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $220,000
Seller: Highgrove Stud, Darling Downs, Qld
Buyer: Ryan & Alexiou Racing
4
3.5
Disney Castle
- 3f Epaulette (AUS) x Parriwi (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
5
3.6
Impressiero
- 5m Va Pensiero (AUS) x Ready To Impress (AUS) (Orpen (USA))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: A B Collett 54
6
3.9
Beep Test
- 5m All Too Hard (AUS) x Love Shuttle (AUS) (Zizou (AUS))
Tnr: Sam Kavanagh Rdr: Ashley Morgan 58
7
7.3
I'm Divine
- 5m Roman Emperor (NZ) x Novena (AUS) (Street Sense (USA))
Tnr: Matthew Smith Rdr: Tyler Schiller 57.5
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