Winx Relation Sells for $1.8million

Tara Madgwick - Monday April 7

Last year the Pierro filly from world champion Winx was the star of Inglis Easter when selling for $10million and this year Winx’s half-sister Covent Garden produced the highest priced yearling at this sale by I Am Invincible when her stunning bay colt sold for $1.8million to Tom Magnier.

$1.8million I Am Invincible colt from Covent Garden.

Consigned by Segenhoe Stud on behalf of her breeder John Camilleri of Fairway Thoroughbreds, the sought after  colt is the first foal of Covent Garden, a minor winning half-sister by Exceed and Excel to not only $26million earning four time Cox Plate winner Winx, but also Group III winner El Divino and to the dam of this season’s stakes-winner Enriched, who is also by this colt’s sire I Am Invincible.

The family has been on the warpath during the autumn with Gringotts winning the Group I ATC George Ryder Stakes and Vegas Queen winning the Group II Wellington Guineas.

“He was a colt that was always a standout from day one. From the day he was born, he was just a beautiful horse,” said Segenhoe Stud’s Brian Clarke.

“He had the real I Am Invincible quality, beautiful head, great colour, physically very impressive. So because of that, we always had sort of pretty big expectations from him

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“We thought coming here, we were very hopeful he'd be a million-dollar horse, one of our bigger lots, but to make $1. 8 million really exceeded his expectations.”

As lovely a type as he is, it was temperament that stamped the colt as something special.

“The best thing about this horse is his temperament. He's just the best; he's just a kind of horse. Never turned a hair the whole time he was here. Every parade is the same,” Clarke said.

Covent Garden had a colt last year by Too Darn Hot (GB) on a late service and was not served, so will be ready for an early cover this spring.

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