Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman scored a big payday at Flemington ion Saturday when his promising I Am Invincible filly Capriccio won the $500,000 Inglis Dash (1100m) beating stakes-winner Bella Nipotina by three-quarters of a length.

A journey that started 11 years ago laid the foundations for the win today for Capriccio, who now has two wins from fours start with prizemoney topping $330,000.

It all began at Inglisā€™ Australian Weanling Sale at the old Newmarket site in 2010 when Darren Danceā€™s Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock teamed up with the Gereaux familyā€™s Bungan Street Thoroughbreds to buy a Lonhro filly for $80,000.

They raced the filly as Lonhspresso ā€“ she won four of her 15 starts including two at Stakes level ā€“ before deciding to breed with her and Capriccio is her second foal.

Capriccio realised $300,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale through Danceā€™s Esker Lodge, purchased by Bowman and Danceā€™s ATB, who wanted to stay in the filly.

ā€œDaniel bought her and asked if the breeders wanted to stay in so we took a share each and Daniel sold the rest down through his client base,ā€™ā€™ Dance said.

ā€œItā€™s good for our brand to be able to breed a good horse and sell it through Inglis. Weā€™ve given all our yearlings this year to Inglis to sell at Premier so the timing couldnā€™t be any better either.ā€

Itā€™s not the first time an I Am Invincible has won the $500,000 Inglis Dash, with Hellbent taking out the lucrative sprint in 2016 before going to Group I success as an older horse two years later.