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Dual Group 2 winner Tiz Invincible (I Am Invincible) is the latest high-calibre mare to be announced as part of May’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale catalogue. Trained by Ciaron Maher, the I Am Invincible mare burst onto the scene with her electric spring 3-year-old campaign in 2023 where she won three in a row, breaking her maiden in the Listed Rosebud.
A $550,000 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale purchase for Bahen Bloodstock, Ciaron Maher Racing, Eric Lucas, and Astute Bloodstock, Tiz Invincible’s pedigree will be sure to turn heads on sale night; her dam Amuletum (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) was a winner in her native country, but more excitingly is out of G1 Australasian Oaks winner Anamato (Redoute’s Choice), making her a half-sister to Australian Horse Of The Year and Champion 3YO Colt Anamoe, whose exploits on the track need little introduction.
Tiz Invincible as a yearling | Image courtesy of Inglis
Other siblings include Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes winner Anamba (GB) (Shamardal {USA}) and Adoringly (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the dam of G2 UAE Derby placegetter Island Falcon (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Listed-placed Warm Smile (GB) (New Approach {Ire}).
This is not just an elusive slice of one of Godolphin’s richest families, it is also the family of Champion NZ 2YO and dual Group 1 winner Yourdeel (NZ) - Mini Force X (Sin) (Dundeel {NZ}), G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Drum (Marauding {NZ}), and dual winner of the G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Grand Armee (Hennessy {USA}).
Spring domination
Great expectations weighed on Tiz Invincible’s shoulders as a result and she debuted as a juvenile in the G3 Black Opal Stakes, finishing fourth behind Autumn Ballet (The Autumn Sun), before clinching her first piece of black-type with a second placing in the G2 Percy Sykes Stakes behind the talented Kristilli (Hellbent), beating subsequent Group 1 winner Kimochi (Brave Smash {Jpn}), Autumn Ballet, and juvenile Group winner Bossy Nic (Nicconi).
Come the spring, that was when she was really able to shine. Tiz Invincible tore home in the Rosebud in a field that contained G1 Caulfield Guineas victor Griff (Trapeze Artist), before defeating another top quality field in the G2 Furious Stakes, where she got the better of Kimochi again, G3 Gimcrack Stakes victress Platinum Jubilee (Zoustar), and Mumbai Muse (Zoustar) ahead of her G3 Red Roses Stakes win.
Tiz Invincible winning the G2 Tea Rose Stakes | Image courtesy of Sportpix
Just a fortnight later, she lifted again in the G2 Tea Rose Stakes, defeating another elite field including subsequent G1 VRC Oaks winner Zardozi (Kingman {GB}), G1 Surround Stakes winner Tropical Squall (Prized Icon), and the enormously talented Tutta La Vita (The Autumn Sun). She met and bested many of these fillies as they were on their initial rise - and indeed next start, Tropical Squall added the G1 Flight Stakes to her resume. Tiz Invincible acquitted herself tremendously with a sixth-placed run in the event, beaten just 2.65l.
She didn’t get the same summer break as many other talented fillies, running in Ozzmosis’ G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes in November then resuming in the G2 Light Fingers Stakes at the kick-off of the autumn last year. Since then, eight of her nine starts have been at Group level - three in Group 1s against some of the country’s best 3-year-olds - and she was unlucky to only finish second in the G3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes behind Fancify (NZ) (Niagara) in the spring.
The next chapter awaits
A filly that has proven herself capable of throwing her weight around at Group level on multiple occasions, Tiz Invincible awaits the next chapter in her life. While, as a 4-year-old, she could return to the race track for new owners, her breeding suggests she will be a great addition to any broodmare band.
I Am Invincible is making his mark as a broodmare sire already; offspring of his daughters are currently performing at a respectable 54.6 per cent winners to runners ratio, with an average of over two victories per winner and over $24.17 million in progeny earnings.
Among that number are eight stakes winners, including Royal Ascot Group 1 winner Asfoora (Flying Artie) and G1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Kimochi, who share over $4 million in earnings between them, and 10 stakes performers. Four current juvenile stakes horses, led by G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (colts and geldings) winner Field Of Play (Deep Field) have him as their broodmare sire.
I Am Invincible | Standing at Yarraman Park
Yearlings from I Am Invincible’s daughters have sold for up to $1.5 million at public auction, and have averaged $175,343 so far this year; as recently as January of this year, a colt from his daughter Bleu Zebra by G1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Stay Inside sold for $1 million to the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership and Tony Fung Colts from Eureka Stud.
Tiz Invincible is surrounded by high quality mares producing high quality progeny, and her page is sure to be updated over the beginning of her broodmare career. Her dam delivered a full sister in the spring before visiting star shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB), and Willingham acquired Spring Dance (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a daughter of Anamba, for €350,000 ($578,900) at the Arqana Vente d’Elevage Sale in December.
The Inglis Chairman’s Sale takes place on the evening of Thursday May 8 at their Riverside Stables complex in Warwick Farm.
