Group 1-winning colt Vinrock will be a part of the Yulong roster for 2026, coming into the stallion market at an introductory payment of AU$22,000 (US$15,522, AU$1=US$0.70).
The stylish son of I Am Invincible was unbeaten as a juvenile and have become the primary Australian 2-year-old group 1 winner for his champion sire when touchdown the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (G1) at Randwick final yr.
Vinrock additionally grew to become the primary horse in 44 years to finish the VRC Sires’ Produce (G2) and ATC Sires double, successful the previous by 2 lengths over subsequent stakes winner Courageous Design and the latter by 0.3 lengths over Wootton Bassett colt State Go to.
Bred by Rosemont Stud, Vinrock was bought by his coach, Matt Laurie, and Wilannah Park Bloodstock for AU$300,000 on the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, and Laurie knew he had expertise from the outset.
“He is a category horse, we knew he was powerful proper from the start, and he confirmed a lot pure expertise,” the coach mentioned following Vinrock’s group 1 success.Join BloodHorse Day by day
“He was unbeaten as a 2-year-old, and he is a hell of a kind, so he’ll be very well-received when he will get to stud.”
In 5 begins as a 3-year-old, Vinrock landed the Exford Plate at Flemington whereas additionally producing fourth-place efforts in each the Caulfield Guineas (G1) and McNeil Stakes (G3). His ultimate outing got here when sixth behind Jimmysstar within the CF Orr Stakes (G1) Nov. 15.
Vinrock will provide breeders a possibility to entry an Australian group 1-winning son of I Am Invincible—a profile shared by solely three different sons at the moment at stud: confirmed sires Brazen Beau and Hellbent, and House Affairs, whose son Visitor Home gained Saturday’s Golden Slipper (G1).
This information comes after a weekend the place I Am Invincible has proven himself a proficient sire of sires and Yulong’s chief working officer, Sam Fairgray, mentioned the horse possessed all of the substances breeders search in a younger stallion.
He’s one of the best of three winners out of the Matriarch Stakes (G2) winner Woman Gone Rockin’, herself a half sister to group 3 winner Syreon, the pair being out of the group 2-winning mare Sorrento.
Yulong’s chief working officer, Sam Fairgray, mentioned Vinrock possessed all of the substances breeders search in a younger stallion.
“Vinrock is an distinctive colt. Elite performances at 2, an impressive web page, and an actual bodily presence,” he mentioned.
“To win each the VRC and ATC Sires’ Produce races in the identical season is so uncommon and speaks volumes about his class, toughness, and pure capacity.
“He is a son of I Am Invincible, and from a high-quality Redoute’s Selection mare, like Zoustar, Anamoe, and Tremendous Seth, which supplies him a pedigree that can actually resonate with breeders, and we’re excited to welcome him to the farm.”
Vinrock joins a high quality, ever-growing stallion roster at Yulong, headed by ever-present stalwart Written Tycoon and group 1 sires Alabama Categorical and Grunt.