Aquis Farm and Phoenix Thoroughbreds have partnered to secure G1 Sires' Produce S. winner Invader (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}-Flame of Sydney {Aus}, by Encosta de Lago {Aus}) for stud duty, and he will stand at Aquis in 2018. Invader is currently listed as spelling from the yard of Peter and Paul Snowden, having raced in the silks of China Horse Club for a partnership that included Aquis, Newgate SF and WinStar Farm. He earned the highest Timeform rating for an Australian 2-year-old last season (119) for his win in the Sires' Produce.
“We feel both proud and privileged to have secured so exciting a young son of Snitzel,” said Aquis Farm Chief Executive Shane McGrath. “Snitzel is the best and most commercial champion sire currently at stud in Australasia and Invader is his best and fastest 2-year-old son. He is out of stakes winner Flame Of Sydney and he is a half-brother to Group 1 sprinter Not Listenin'tome. That combination of sire power, performance and pedigree is extremely rare. Factor in his impeccable conformation and athletic physique, his quality and action and you can understand why we're so thrilled to have him.”
A A$475,000 yearling from the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2016, Invader broke his maiden last February and finished second in the G2 Todman S., but was forced to sit out the G1 Golden Slipper after developing a foot abscess.
Phoenix and Aquis were among the partners to purchase a A$1.6-million son of Snitzel at Magic Millions in January, and at the same sale Phoenix sold a handful of pinhooks.
“We have observed the Australian market for quite some time
now, and it is evident that both from the point of breeding to race and breeding commercially, precocity and speed is paramount,” Phoenix Thoroughbreds Chief Executive Amer Abdulaziz said. “The opportunity to partner with Aquis to launch the stud career of Invader, who was the champion 2-year-old colt of his generation and also the best 2-year-old by Snitzel to date, was an offer we could not refuse.”
“He is a stallion that we will support with our best Southern Hemisphere mares and also in the sales ring when the time comes to purchase his progeny.”
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