Invincible Record Breaker – How Did He Do It?

With two and half months of the season still to come, I Am Invincible has already broken the all-time seasonal record for Australian stakes-winners with 27 to his credit, so we thought a look at how he did it might be illuminating given that his fee of $247,500 this spring makes him the most expensive sire in the country.

The reality as you can see below is that his record breaking haul of stakes-winners were largely conceived while he was standing at $11,000 in his first four seasons with 15 of his 27 stakes-winners aged between four and seven, a great testament to his ability to produce sound horses that train on.

His current three year-olds are from his first crop conceived off a bigger fee ($27,500) and then his two year-olds come from an even better book of mares when his fee moved up to $55,000.

Some successful stallions are given a massive leg up to start their careers in covering big books of quality mares that often carry them along way, but I Am Invincible has had to do it all himself.

He got good numbers in his early years, but not a great deal of quality given he was a modest Group III winning sprinter by a shuttle stallion that came here for four seasons and didn't exactly set the world on fire. Hindsight has shown Invincible Spirit as a champion sire in Europe and a great sire of sires, but when I Am Invincible went to stud in 2010 nobody knew that.

It just goes to show that if a stallion is good enough all he needs is mares… he will do the rest.

Age – fee at conception	Stakes-winners	Total
7YO - $11,000	Voodoo Lad G1	2
	Illustrious Lad L
6YO - $11,000	Viddora G1	3
	I'm Wesley L
	Most Important L
5YO- $11,000	I am a Star G2	4
	Invincibella G2
	Invincible Gem G2
	Eckstein G3
4YO - $11,000	Victorem L	6
	Invincible Star L
	Houtzen L
	She's So high L
	Miss Leonidas
	Holy Blade
3YO - $27,500	Oohood G1	5
	Fiesta G2
	Pure Elation G2
	Crack the Code G3
	Prophet's Thumb L
2YO - $55,000	Catch Me G3	7
	Loving Gaby G3
	I Am Immortal G3
	Vinicunca G3
	Espaaniyah L
	Steal My Kisses L
	Libertini L

Footnote : I Am Invincible is also the sire of Media Sensation, who won the Group I New Zealand One Thousand Guineas.