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I Am Invincible’s service fee for 2019 has risen to $247,500, making him the most expensive stallion at stud in Australia.

The increase from $199,000 reflects the outstanding success of his progeny this season with a record-equalling 26 individual black type winners, a number previously achieved by only Danehill and his grandson Snitzel.

With three months of the current season to run it is a foregone conclusion that he will set a new record for individual stakes winners.

I Am Invincible’s total individual stakes winners numbers 44 and includes this season’s G1 winners Viddora, Voodoo Lad, Oohood and Media Sensation.

In the sale ring this year he has had seven yearlings sell for between $1 million and $1.7 million. His yearlings have sold for average of $410,962 from 104 offered.

Yarraman Park Stud will also stand I Am Invincible’s son Hellbent at an unchanged fee of $27,500 in 2019.

* Coolmore stallion Starspangledbanner will return to Rosemount Stud in Victoria for the 2019 season.

The son of Choisir previously stood at Rosemount Stud for three seasons from 2013, 2014 and 2015.

He has been at Coolmore Australia in 2016, 2017 and 2018 while shuttling to Ireland for Northern Hemisphere seasons.

The four time international G1 winner began his stud career with Coolmore in Ireland in 2011 but he suffered from early low fertility that saw him produce only 58 live foals in his first two crops.

They included nine stakeswinners and he has since increased his fertility to more than 80 percent.

Starspangledbanner will stand at $22,000 (inc GST) and will serve a limited book.