By Alan Carasso
Super One (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}–Tails Wins {Aus}, by Tale of the Cat), who emulated his sire in winning the G3 D C McKay S. at Morphettvile, has been retired from racing and will enter stud for the 2016 breeding season at Newgate Farm. That nursery raced the colt in partnership with the China Horse Club, Blake Sandblom, Yarraman Park Stud and WinStar Farm.
Bred in New South Wales by R Kemister, Super One was purchased by trainer Michael Freedman and bloodstock agent Michael Wallace for A$190,000 out of the 2014 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and quickly made a name for himself in Singapore under Freedman's tutelage. The handsome bay was the long odds-on favorite and was never headed in any of his four Kranji appearances, with wins in the Aushorse Golden Horseshoe and Juvenile Championship (video) by a combined 10 lengths.
Newgate acquired their interest in Super One in August 2015 and the colt was second on his Australian debut at Cranbourne last October before recording his marquee 1 1/2-length success in the McKay in his penultimate racecourse appearance at the South Australian oval May 7.
“There's that much interest in him now from breeders, at a price, that he's going to be retired and go to Newgate Farm and stand this season there,” said Lee Freedman, who trained Super One after taking over from brother Michaelm. “[Newgate Farm managing director] Henry Field assures me that … he's going to get really well supported in his first season, he's a great looking horse with great speed so he could get some really nice 2-year-olds. He's as fast an entire as I've ever trained–he's got enormous speed. We've had a great record our stallions– Flying Spur, Encosta de Lago, Danzero and those type of horses–and this horse excites me a bit because he and Brazen Beau are probably the two fastest sons of I Am Invincible. He's very much like his father, his wasn't a Group 1 winner and his father was essentially a 1000m-1100m horse but he's doing such a great job at stud.”
Super One was victorious in five of his eight career starts for earnings of US$351,425.
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