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WINNING MOMENTS

    “占领者”逆转突围之战

  Invader’s Battle
  To Success

           2017 G1 INGLIS SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES殷利殊种公马缔造锦标赛

             CHC did it again during the Sydney Autumn                   in the last 100m, before storming home to win the AUD1
                       Racing Carnival, by nabbing the AUD1 million      million Sires’ Produce Stakes in the presence of over 20,000
                       G1 Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes for the second    on-track spectators. As a side note, the first three horses
             time since 2015.                                            across the line in the Sires’ (Invader, Summer Passage and
                                                                         Trapeze Artist) – are all Snitzel colts.
             The Sires’ Produce Stakes is a Group 1 set-weight
             race for two-year-olds held over a distance of 1,400m.      The CHC’s Invader runs for a syndicate that also includes
             The classic race was f irst run in 1867 and now has a       Newgate Farm , WinStar Farm, Matthew Sandblom, Sir
             150-year-long history. The 2017 Inglis Sires’ Produce       Owen Glen, Brian Backshall and David Wallace. The
             Stakes race comprised of a 16-strong field. Invader had     two-year-old has already raced multiple times this year,
             originally secured a place in the Golden Slipper but had    with top two f inishes in the last 4 races Incidentally,
             to withdraw due to injury and was instead prepared for      the CHC’s Pride of Dubai, who has been retired to
             the Sires.                                                  stud, was the winner of the 2015 Sires’ Produce Stakes.
                                                                         Subsequently, Invader’s brilliant win too has sent his
             Invader, ridden by Hugh Bowman, drew a good barrier         stud value skyrocketing. He will now set his sights on the
             (3) and settled nicely mid-field. He sprinted quickly from  AUD1 million G1 Golden Rose Stakes and the AUD1
             200m, chased down Summer Passage and Trapeze Artist         million G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes.

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