I Am Invincible had an impressive debut Stakes-winner in Adelaide on Saturday when the Clayton Douglas-trained filly Blue Hotel charged to the line to win the Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes (1000m) at Morphettville.
A homebred for Jonathan Munz, Blue Hotel finished off with a late rush for Todd Pannell, accelerating hard to win by a length and a half running away from $1.25 million Snitzel filly Boa Vista with another blue-blood I Am Invincible filly in Sisstainable in third place.
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BLUE HOTEL (2f), bred by Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock, takes the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1000m) for @c_douglasracing on debut.
A brilliant run for third second-up for SISSTAINABLE #IAmImvincible pic.twitter.com/s0Lyz3WAsa
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“She’s a lovely filly. She’s still got a little bit to learn, but she’s shown me a lot of ability at home and it’s good to see her go and do it,” said Clayton Douglas, who had no hesitation in sending her out first time in a Stakes race.
“We think she’s a good horse and obviously she’s a homebred for Jonathan Munz and the team at Pinecliff, so obviously she’s a very valuable filly.”
“She’s by a champion sire I Am Invincible from a Stakes-winning mare (Volcada), actually her mother won this race for my uncle Rocket (Rod Douglas), so it’s good for her to come and win this race too.”
“I thought she’s above-average and she showed that today.”
Clayton Douglas is in no rush to decide what’s next for the talented filly.
“We’ll just get her home, you know it’s always hard bringing a two-year-old away for the first time, but she’s handled it really well,” he said.
“She may end up in Queensland, we’ll just sort of work that out, but she’s a lovely filly.”
Blue Hotel is a half-sister to G3 winner Kaepernick and is the second Stakes-winner among eight winners from nine foals to race from Stakes-winning Stravinsky (USA) mare Volcada, who was also bred and raced by Jonathan Munz.
Blue Hotel comes from a prolific Black Type family tracing back to influential producer Gypsy Moss (IRE) with this branch of the family also producing G1-winning sprinter Spright.
Volcada was covered by Hellbent last spring so will be expecting a three-quarter sibling to Blue Hotel later this year.
Blue Hotel is the 117th Stakes-winner for Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible.
Blue Hotel, ridden by Todd Pannell and trained by Clayton Douglas, won the Sportsbet Dequetteville Stakes (Listed) at Morphettville.
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