China based Yu Long Investments have been prominent buyers of Australian bloodstock in recent years and featured with a promising debut winner at Canterbury on Friday night co-owned by Arthur and Charlotte Inglis. Two year-old I Am Invincible filly Yulong Xingsheng was well prepared for her debut with two recent trials and turned in a very professional effort to take the 1100 metre fillies maiden by half a neck. She held the fence for Jay Ford albeit settling behind the leaders and surged through a split after turning for home to score a determined victory. As a $55,000 Inglis Classic purchase for Yu Long from the Wattle Grove Stud draft, Yulong Xingsheng will be eligible for the $250,000 Inglis Classic on February 11. She was a successful pinhook for Wattle Grove having been snapped up at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale for just $37,500 from the draft of Mane Lodge. Yulong Xingsheng is the first winner for Keltrice mare Carlie Rose, a grand-daughter of Irish stakes-winner Carlingford Rose. She is the sixth two year-old winner this season for Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible, who has a stunning draft for the Magic Millions next week.
