I Am Invincible

17600k for Zebedee, any thoughts ion thvat one .

Zebedee looks a pretty plain type for mine - I know it's always harder to distinguish with greys but he doesn't look anything outstanding physically.

His record speaks for itself both on the track and his first racing crop as well, plus he should match up well with Danehill lines

I'm sure SA breeders wanting a 2yo will flock to him, there aren't that many 2yo stallions over that way

for those about to punt, we salute you...

Priced around 12k I think Zebedee could have attracted a book of 90 - 100 mares which would be a considerable effort for a sire in SA.

He will still attract mares from interstate but he's going to have lost some admirers in the breed to race category. Grey sires will always be a hard sell though, the asian market doesn't really want grey foals.

Now having passed 1000 posts I feel you are all so much the wiser for my having said... stuff!

^ that is a +1 from me as well.

They missed a good opportunity to price Zebdee to gain max traction.

Timeform of 128 good but not as high or as well performed as Dawn Approach.

UK sprinters in Aus....?

Fair point furious.

Just finished updating the 2nd season stats for this year:

IamInv well on top!

Stallion	W/R SR%	SW/R %	Earn/R
I Am Invincible (AUS) 2004 - 2010	48.6%	1.4%	$23,320.86
Wilander (AUS) 2005 - 2010	45.5%	0.0%	$21,459.55
Universal Ruler (AUS) 2004 - 2010	44.8%	0.0%	$16,720.00
Medaglia d'Oro (USA) 1999 - 2005	44.2%	7.0%	$23,100.47
Manhattan Rain (AUS) 2006 - 2010	44.0%	2.0%	$22,429.30
Mastercraftsman (IRE) 2006 - 2010	35.0%	5.0%	$32,870.00
Von Costa de Hero (AUS) 2005 - 2010	34.4%	0.0%	$12,514.38
All American (AUS) 2005 - 2010	32.6%	0.0%	$10,574.78
Red Element (AUS) 2004 - 2010	32.1%	0.0%	$10,380.36
Onemorenomore (AUS) 2006 - 2010	31.3%	2.1%	$10,941.98
Wicked Style (USA) 2005 - 2010	28.6%	2.9%	$14,289.29
Bushranger (IRE) 2006 - 2010	27.8%	0.0%	$6,690.83
Time Thief (AUS) 2005 - 2010	27.3%	0.0%	$8,534.45
Duporth (AUS) 2005 - 2010	27.1%	0.0%	$11,297.81
Turffontein (AUS) 2004 - 2010	25.9%	7.4%	$40,915.74
Nicconi (AUS) 2005 - 2010	24.6%	0.0%	$8,126.81
Big Brown (USA) 2005 - 2009	23.7%	0.0%	$7,182.37
Discorsi (AUS) 2003 - 2010	21.7%	0.0%	$15,384.78
Wanted (AUS) 2006 - 2010	21.4%	0.0%	$13,858.46
Denman (AUS) 2006 - 2010	14.9%	2.1%	$12,883.30

per runner slowdown.

Cheers Whitto, after looking at those numbers you would have to question the investment on service given the difference in prizemoney per runner.

The sale topper wasn't by I Am Invincible --- by Per Incanto. And that news has been here in another thread for some days.

He got a handy winner at Wyong on Sunday. Quartzite. Anyone see it ?

animals before people.

Did I say the second horse was five lengths behind. Oh it also seems that he may be coming to Australia in November.

A half brother to Haptic just sold at the Inglis Ready to Run for $540k.

Dizzy wrote:

A half brother to Haptic just sold at the Inglis Ready to Run for $540k.

pinhooked for $280k

Not knocking I am Invincible but apart from Brazen Beau he really needs to back him up with a quality runner. I know he has had a few Listed winners and gets winners at a decent strike rate but I would not like to be sending a mare to him this season at 55k. No doubt he will get better quality mares from here on but those that punted him earlier may have taken most of the cream. That said he does sell well and the market has taken to him and I do hope Yarraman can continue on with his success.

An oft used quote of Ken McLeans' is that dominant sires improve the lesser grade mares but ones the harem is upgraded, those mares tend to lessen his domination. Classic example of Kens' is Biscay who stated off similarly to IAI.

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

had a close look at the bloodlines of the mares that have been sent to him and I get the impression that the bloodlines that work best with him are mares with Grey Flight like Gilded Time, Snippets and Snaadee. duplicating Biscay and Danzig might be good too.

Also I believe that the best clues you can get on what bloodlines would be successful with a stallion most often is reflected in the stallions dam line so Lonhro and Secret Savings (both also have Grey flight), Zoffany, Halo and Nijinsky too would likely be good match for him.

would be interesting to see how many Lonhro and more than ready mares he gets in the future and their performance results

ZAMINGA