I Am Invincible Colt Tops First Day of Magic Millions bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Doubting Thomas’s will be looking for rocks to hide under should Team Hawkes’ superstar colt Ole Kirk bounce back – as expected – and win the Group 1 $1m Australian Guineas at Flemington.
Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said the decision to back up Ole Kirk after a lacklustre, albeit excusable, performance in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes last Saturday at Caulfield was not one taken lightly.
“He’s worth $35 million, which he is, that’s the price of a suburb,” Hawkes said.
“It’s a lot of money, what he’s worth, it is a sheep station.
“You want every post to be a winner, first up was a great run and then to the Doubting Thomas’s it wasn‘t such a good run last start.