$1.2Million Invincible Mare on the Up

Tara Madgwick - Saturday January 20

A $1.2million Inglis Easter purchase, Dakota Vroom is the first foal of Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy and this talented daughter of I Am Invincible is starting to realise her potential. powering to a dominant win at Canterbury on Friday night.

Trained by Chris Waller, Dakota Vroom won first up from a spell earlier this month and then repeated the performance last night despite carrying 60kg and being cluttered up on fence for much of the race.

 

When angled into the clear by Tommy Berry, she zoomed home to win the Benchmark 72 event over 1250m by three-quarters of a length running away and has now won three of six starts earning over $100,000 in prizemoney with the promise of more to come as she works through her grades.

 

$1.2million Inglis Easter purchase Dakota Vroom.

Bred by Dorrington Farm’s Robert Crabtree, who also raced her mother Catchy, Dakota Vroom was snapped up by Waller Racing/ Hermitage Thoroughbreds for $1.2million from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft at Inglis Easter.

She is the first foal from Fastnet Rock’s $1.9million earner Catchy, whose second foal is promising Zoustar three year-old filly Floozie, who was retained and is a winner for the Price and Kent training partnership.

Catchy has a two year-old filly by Too Darn Hot (GB) that sold last year for $550,000 at Inglis Easter to Anthony Cummings and is named Catonahotinroof. After missing to Extreme Choice the following year, she produced a filly by Champion European 2YO Colt Pinatubo (IRE) last year and is now in foal to Blue Point (IRE).

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Race Result - Hyland Race Colours (Bm72) 1250m

Canterbury Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:13.77
1
Dakota Vroom
- 4m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Catchy (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 60
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $1,200,000
Seller: Bhima Thoroughbreds, Scone
Buyer: Chris Waller Racing / Hermitage
2
0.8
Tycoon Deshauna
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Supersay (AUS) (Rothesay (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: A Hyeronimus 55.5
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $320,000
Seller: Ridgmont Farm, Segenhoe
Buyer: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / Kestrel Thoroughbreds / Mystery Downs
MM Gold Coast National Weanling Sale $140,000
Seller: Woodside Park Stud, Nagambie, Vic
Buyer: Ridgmont Farm/Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)
3
2.2
Euros
- 4m Capitalist (AUS) x Gone To Paris (AUS) (Duporth (AUS))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: Reece Jones 58
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $300,000
Seller: Highgrove Stud, Darling Downs, Qld
Buyer: B K Racing & Breeding Pty Ltd
4
3.5
Disney Castle
- 3f Epaulette (AUS) x Parriwi (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
5
3.6
Impressiero
- 5m Va Pensiero (AUS) x Ready To Impress (AUS) (Orpen (USA))
Tnr: J C Coyle Rdr: A B Collett 54
6
3.9
Beep Test
- 5m All Too Hard (AUS) x Love Shuttle (AUS) (Zizou (AUS))
Tnr: Sam Kavanagh Rdr: Ashley Morgan 58
7
7.3
I'm Divine
- 5m Roman Emperor (NZ) x Novena (AUS) (Street Sense (USA))
Tnr: Matthew Smith Rdr: Tyler Schiller 57.5
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