Invader Fee Set At A$27,500

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Group 1-winning 2-year-old Invader (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) heads Aquis’s cross-country roster of 13 stallions for 2018 at a fee of A$27,500. The winner of last year’s G1 Sires’ Produce S. stands for the partnership of Aquis and Phoenix Thoroughbreds. He will be joined at Aquis’s Hunter Valley branch at Emirates Park Stud by Spieth (Aus) (Thorn Park {Aus}), whose fee will be determined after the Brisbane winter carnival, as well as the likes of G1 Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet (Aus) and Dream Ahead. Heading up Aquis’s Queensland roster is the G2 Todman S. winner Kiss and Make Up (Aus) at A$16,500, and he is joined by the likes of Spill The Beans (Aus) and proven sire Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). The Mission (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}), who turned the tables on Invader in last year’s G1 Champagne S., will also join the Queensland roster with a fee to be determined upon retirement from racing.

Aquis Chief Executive Officer Shane McGrath said, “Highlighting the roster will be the champion 2-year-old colt and Snitzel’s highest-ever rated 2-year-old Invader, who will be joined on the Hunter Valley roster by the speed machine Spieth, who is the best son of champion sire Thorn Park to stand at stud in Australia. Spieth, who came within a lip of winning a Group 1 in both the Darley Classic and the Lightning S., will be retired at the end of the Brisbane Winter Carnival, with Craig Williams booked to ride him throughout his final campaign.”

“We are also delighted to welcome the outstanding Group 1-winning juvenile The Mission, who is by the emerging sire of sires Choisir.”

“Standing alongside The Mission in Queensland will be Kobayashi. An exceptionally fast 2-year-old who is completely free of Danehill blood, Kobayashi will be the first son of I Am Invincible to stand at stud in Queensland.”

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