Mornington-based trainer John McArdle is targeting Group 1 races with his filly My Gladiola (I Am Invincible) in 2026 after she proved ultra-consistent in four starts last preparation.
Having scored in the Cap D’Antibes Stakes (Listed, 1100m) at Flemington on September 13, the daughter of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) then ran second in the Danehill Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) and Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) before a last-start third in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). My Gladiola worked at Mornington on Tuesday morning and is due to have a barrier trial at Caulfield Heath at the end of January.
“She actually started to do a bit of work [Tuesday] morning, she just did a bit of even time work this morning,” McArdle told Racing.com. “The plan is that there’s official trials on the 29th, she’ll trial then and then look to run most likely in the Lightning [Stakes], but either the Lightning or the Oakleigh Plate first-up.”
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