Invasor (horse)
Invasor 
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| Sire | Candy Stripes (USA) |
| Grandsire | Blushing Groom |
| Dam | Quendom (ARG) |
| Damsire | Interprete (ARG) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2002 |
| Country | Argentina |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Haras Clausan (Haras Santa Ines) |
| Owner | Stud 3 de Enero (2005) Shadwell Stable |
| Trainer |
Anibal San Martin (2005) Kiaran McLaughlin (2006-2007) |
| Record | 12: 11-0-0 |
| Earnings | $7,804,070 |
| Major wins | |
| Clásico Ensayo (2005) Polla de Potrillos (2005) GP Jockey Club (2005) GP Nacional (2005) Pimlico Special (2006) Suburban Handicap (2006) Whitney Handicap (2006) Donn Handicap (2007) Dubai World Cup (2007) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Classic (2006) |
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Uruguayan Triple Crown winner (2005) Uruguayan Horse of the Year (2005) United States Champion Older Male Horse (2006) United States Horse of the Year (2006) #1 - World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (2006) Argentine Horse of the Year (2006) United States Hall of Fame (2013) |
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| Honours | |
| Invasor Stakes at Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas Clasico Invasor at Hipodromo de San Isidro |
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| Last updated on November 20, 2008 | |
Invasor (foaled August 3, 2002) is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Argentina by Haras Clausan (Haras Santa Ines). The winner of the 2005 Triple Crown in Uruguay, he was later purchased by Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who paid approximately US$1.4 million for the horse. His two biggest wins were the 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic, in which he defeated heavily favored Bernardini and highly fancied Lava Man, and the 2007 Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race. He finished racing with a record of eleven wins in twelve starts and career earnings of $7,804,070. He was voted the Eclipse Award for American Horse of the Year and led the year-end World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings in 2006. In 2013 he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.
A bay stallion with a small white star, Invasor was foaled in Argentina, sired by the famous Candy Stripes out of Quendom (ARG) by Interprete (ARG). Candy Stripes was also the sire of such notable horses as Criollito, Different, Leroidesanimaux, Lundy's Liability, Sweetest Thing, and Victory Stripes. Quendom and Invasor's maternal line are at Haras Santa Ines, Duggan, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Invasor was bought as a two-year-old by Pablo Hernandez and brothers Juan Luis and Luis Alberto Vio Bado, Uruguayans who brought him to their home country.
Pablo Hernandez remembers the day he and the two brothers first saw Invasor. Their friend, Miguel Ezcurra from Bullrich Auctioneers, took them by car to visit some smaller farms near Buenos Aires. After looking at 80 colts and fillies at several farms, they went to Haras Clausan (Haras Santa Ines) in Duggan, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and saw Invasor. "It was as if we had been hit with Cupid's arrow," said Hernandez. "We just fell in love with him." Sandro Miserocchi, owner of Haras Clausan (renamed Haras Santa Ines), said the horse would cost them $25,000. The three Uruguayans countered with $18,000. They all settled for $20,000. Hernandez said, "We purchased him and exported him to Maronas Racetrack in Uruguay."
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