I Am Invincible

The 2026 edition of the Inglis Chairman's Sale finished with a bang when Chayan (I Am Invincible), the final lot to go through the ring at Riverside Stables, sold to Coolmore Australia's Tom Magnier for A$5.6 million, a new record price for the sale. The previous record for the Chairman's Sale was held by the multiple Group 1 winner Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai), who was sold to her breeder and part-owner Michael Christian of Longwood Thoroughbred Farm for A$4.2 million last year. The new record also sees Chayan become...

Three-time Australian Champion Sire I Am Invincible will stand for an unchanged fee of A$220,000 (inc GST) at Yarraman Park Stud this year. Vinnie, as he's known, is headed into his 17th year at stud. A trio of his progeny have won Group 1 races this season and seven of his yearlings have made A$1 million or more in the sales ring. Overall, of his 93 yearlings catalogued for sale from his 2024 crop, 71 sold for an average of A$559,000 across all nine yearlings sales held so far in...

by Kit Gow/Dane McLeod/TTR AusNZ The 2026 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale saw a strong enough start on day one, with eight standout yearlings reaching the coveted A$1-million mark, including a A$3-million Extreme Choice colt that topped the day. At A Glance Clearance for day one of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale was down to 76% (79% in 2025), while the aggregate increased to A$66.08 million, ahead of 2025 (A$63 million) and 2024 (A$63.3 million). 149 horses sold this year compared to 129 in 2025. The average dropped to A$452,603...

By Renee Geelen/TTRAusNZ Dual Sires' Produce Stakes winner Vinrock will join Yulong's impressive stallion roster in 2026 for a fee of A$22,000. By sire of sires I Am Invincible, Vinrock brings Group 1-winning juvenile form and an outstanding pedigree to the Victorian operation. Multiple champion sire I Am Invincible added a new benchmark as a sire of sires on Saturday, with his son, Home Affairs, siring the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Guest House from his first crop. Vinnie, as he is affectionately known by the Australian racing community, is...

By Dane McLeod/TTRAusNZ Zoustar, standing at Widden Stud, has been crowned Champion Australian General Sire for the first time. After finishing runner-up to I Am Invincible last season, the tables turned this year. Zoustar was represented by 198 individual winners of 335 races from 375 runners. His progeny earned A$26,318,590 in total prize-money, with 15 individual stakes winners winning a total of 23 stakes races. His standout performer, Joliestar, won the G1 Newmarket Handicap and G1 Kingsford Smith Cup, contributing a substantial A$2,813,500. I Am Invincible finished second with A$22,779,421,...

A gelded son of I Am Invincible (Aus) out of the New Zealand Group 3-placed Utopia (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) stole the limelight at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's International Sale on July 3, bringing a sale-topping price of HK$7.2-million (US$928,996/£745,519/€826,238) from Sze-to Kin Sun. The bay, who had been a A$1-million purchase from the 2018 Inglis Easter Sale from the Torryburn Stud consignment, is a half-brother to the G1 South Australian Derby winner Volatile Mix (NZ) (Pentire {GB}). The Australasian-bred offerings found favour at the sale, accounting for the...