Yarraman Park Stud has announced that its high-flying resident I Am Invincible (Aus) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) will stand for A$110,000 (including GST) this season. The Mitchell family's New South Wales operation has enjoyed remarkable fortunes with its stallion, whose fee was first set at A$10,000 but soon produced G1 Coolmore Stud S. winner Brazen Beau (Aus). I Am Invincible has been represented well of late by G1 Myer Classic winner I Am A Star (NZ) and his fee has more than doubled within a year. Recently a pair of his colts have sold for A$1.4m at the Premier Sale in March and A$900,000 at the Gold Coast in January and he has 18 yearlings on offer at this week's Inglis Easter yearling sale.
The fee for Yarraman's other resident stallion, Hinchinbrook (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), has also risen and is now A$44,000. The half-brother to the outstanding Snitzel (Aus), he was leading first-season sire in 2014/15 after the emergence of dual Group 1 winner Press Statement (Aus).
Arthur Mitchell said, “I Am Invincible sired his second Group 1 winner in the spring, he is the sire of 19 stakes winners now and he consistently churns out the winners. His current rate is 56% which is leaps and bounds ahead of any other stallion in the country and it is resonating with buyers in the sale ring.”
“Hinchinbrook has only had three relatively small crops to race and is producing real quality,” Mitchell continued. “Both stallions have done what they have off low fees and they are upgrading their mares which is a real and rare attribute in stallions. We're lucky to have them and appreciate the continued support of our clients.”
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