Reigning champion sire I Am Invincible had the highest priced yearling on day two of the Magic Millions Yearling sale on Wednesday and after the first two sessions is the leading sire by average with yearlings 14 selling at an average $773,929.

Segenhoe sold a lovely filly by I Am Invincible from Eloping at the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale for $900,000 to Godolphin and she went on to be dual G1-winning $5 million earner In Secret, so when her sister walked into the sale ring there was high expectation.

The sixth foal of G3-winning Choisir mare Eloping, whose current two year-old I Am Invincible filly Kerber made $1.15 million at this sale last year, the superstar filly was purchased by Laguna Partnership/John Sargent Racing for $2.3 million.

John Sargent will train the filly for her new owner Ian Moses.

“I’ve been training for Ian – a fellow Kiwi for a long time and he’s now building a broodmare band. You’ve got to buy the best and I think this was the best filly in the sale today,” Sargent said, who will be looking to get Black Type for the star filly to enhance the investment further.

“She was the dominant filly. Great temperament. I realised that if you want to be in this business at the top end, you’ve got to put in the investment,” Moses said.

“The long-term strategy is to have at least ten high-quality broodmares stationed at Coolmore and I’m almost up to ten now on the track and at the stud farm.”

The glamour filly was bred by Segenhoe in partnership with Longwood Thoroughbred Farm and they have continued the association with champion sire I Am Invincible, who covered Eloping again in 2024 and he is also the sire of her colt foal born last spring.

Segenhoe Stud Manager, Peter O’Brien was pleasantly surprised by the final figure of $2.3 million.

“I thought she’d make between $700,000 and $1 million, in and around there, so it was an incredible surprise,” he said.

“Ian Moses actually grew up 200 metres from our farm. Lovely man who has been looking at her every day and I’m just delighted for him because he was obviously very keen to buy her.”

Kerber, the unraced two year-old from Eloping, had her first barrier trial in Sydney last week finishing a quiet fourth for the Ciaron Maher stable and runs in the colours of B2B Thoroughbreds, so there is more in the pipeline for this family.

“The mare’s thrown a champion by ‘Vinnie’ with In Secret, the two-year-old Kerber is with Ciaron Maher, who thinks she’s his best two-year-old and she’s heading for the Slipper,” said Peter O’Brien.

“I think everybody saw her trial last week, so we know the mare is not a one-hit wonder.

“We’ve got a beautiful brother to sell next year and unfortunately she missed to Vinnie, but she’ll be going to back to him. She’s married to him.”

 

Segenhoe also sold the other million-dollar yearling for I Am Invincible on Wednesday with their colt from Fiera Vista fetching $1.15 million.

At this sale last year, they sold a Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from stakes-winning Exceed and Excel mare Fiera Vista for $1.6 million to Tom Magnier and while the Chris Waller-trained Wodeton is yet to race, the drums have been beating for some time that he is something special.

Wodeton was second in a trial behind West of Swindon back in October and then second in a trial at Warwick Farm last week with bookmakers having him high in the Golden Slipper market with keen anticipation surrounding his imminent debut, so it was no surprise to see his half-brother going into the same ownership.

“We’re happy to get that horse from Segenhoe and they do a great job,” said Tom Magnier, indicating the colt would follow Wodeton into the stable of Chris Waller.

Bred by Fairway Thoroughbreds, the star colt is the third foal from Fiera Vista, who comes from the family of world champion sprinter Silent Witness.