If there is one thing we know about the progeny of I Am Invincible, it’s that they only get better with age and a bold win in the Group II BRC TAB Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Victorem would suggest the five year-old gelding is only just starting to hit his peak.
A dominant winner of the $600,000 ATC Country Championship in 2018, the Jenny Graham trained Victorem has gone to claim a couple of Listed wins and was second in last year’s $1.3 million Kosciuszko.
Second up from a spell for this assignment, punters were a little wary after he bucked at the start at his previous run and was ordered to trial by stewards.
The Group I BRC Stradbroke (1400m) looms as a winnable race for the likable Victorem, who has the impressive record of eight wins and six placings from 19 starts with prizemoney of $1.2million.
“He ran right through the line, so I don’t think the 1400m will be a problem,” said Mark du Plessis.
Victorem was bought by his trainer for $65,000 at the Magic Millions 2YO's in Training Sale in 2016 from the draft of Symphony Lodge.
He is the first foal for Playful Miss, a Sydney metro winner by Foreplay from the family of Group I winner Ball Park. She was covered by Territories (IRE) last spring after slipping to Am Invincible the previous year.
Victorem is the 12th Australian stakes-winner this season for Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible, who stands this season at a fee of $209,000
