Magic Millions talk is everywhere as we head towards January and the winner of the MM 2YO Classic in 2017 was I Am Invincible filly Houtzen, who produced a debut winning juvenile in the US over the weekend.
Trained by Bob Baffert, two year-old Quality Road colt Greenwich Village was making his debut in the 6 ½ f maiden at Los Alamitos and produced a good effort for Juan Hernandez to win by half a length.
He took a split between runners mid race to take control, which proved a winning move for Greenwich Village.
Greenwich Village was a $350,000 Keeneland September Yearling purchase for SF Bloodstock/Starlight Racing/Madaket Stables and is the second foal to race and second winner for Houtzen.
A Group III winner in Australia, Houtzen had three runs in the UK and Ireland in 2019 with her best effort a second in the Group II King George Stakes at Goodwood and was subsequently offered at the 2020 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale where she sold for $1.5million to Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings.
Houtzen has a yearling colt by Charlatan and weanling colt by boom sire Not This Time, so is not lacking for opportunity.
The Houtzen family crops up twice at Magic Millions 2026.
I Am Invincible mares had already produced Group I winners Asfoora and Kimochi as well as this season’s stakes-winners Incognito, Dance to the Boom and Grand Prairie.
