Joe Pride has already prepared a stakes-winner for Godolphin in blue-blood Lonhro colt Attica, and he unleashed a debut winner for them by I Am Invincible at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
Three-year-old filly Taxation was a short-priced favourite for the 1000m maiden with Zac Lloyd to ride, and in a competitive fiel,d she powered home to win by half a length.
It's @ZacLloydx and @PrideRacing combining as Taxation salutes in the third at Hawkesbury! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/vIxJuYswGT
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) October 9, 2025
Taxation is the first foal of G3 ATC Widden Stakes winner Amercement, a half-sister by Lonhro to the dam of G3 winner Red Card.
Amercement missed and slipped in two seasons after having Taxation, but has foaled safely this spring, producing a filly by I Am Invincible’s G1-winning son Brazen Beau.
The I Am Invincible x Lonhro nick has some impressive stats with 23 winners from 26 starters, so runs at 88.5% winners to runner. There are four stakes-winners bred this way, headed by G2 winner Estriella, so the Stakes winners to runner strike rate is 15%.
