What Does a Future Stakes-Winner Look Like?

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday January 10

The 2023 Australian yearling sale season gets underway today with Magic Millions Day 1 and for those that need reminding what they should be looking for we’ve put together a gallery of yearling images of stakes-winners by various sires, but let’s take a look at I Am Invincible.

The reigning champion I Am Invincible will have eight lots go through the ring today in session one and below are images for a lot of his stakes-winners offered at auction including his sire sons Brazen Beau, Hellbent, I Am Immortal, Kobayashi, Overshare, Santos and Strasbourg, plus Home Affairs, who covered 190 plus mares at Coolmore in his first season.

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Click through to see the full gallery page and select any sire on the right of the page.

Also see some of his best fillies such as Loving Gaby, Imperatriz, In Secret, Invincibella, etc.

Champion 3YO Filly and dual G1 winner Loving Gaby as a yearling.

The first foal from Loving Gaby, a filly by Pierata will be offered today as Lot 76 by Segenhoe Stud.

First foal of Loving Gaby, a filly by Pierata.

 

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