Big Invasion
Bay Horse / March 9th, 2019 in KY / by Declaration of War out of Curls in Place
$170,713
2024 earnings
110
speed figure
14%
2024 wins
racing Record
2024 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
9
1
Seconds
5
0
Thirds
1
5
Unplaced
7
7
Starts
22
$170,713
Earnings
$1,124,832
$24,388
Earnings / Start
$51,129
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Bio
After finishing second in his debut at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 7, Big Invasion reeled off five wins in a row through midsummer 2022 to emerge as one of the top turf sprinters in North America. The Christophe Clement trainee romped in his second start, winning by 4 ¼ lengths in a five-furlong grass sprint at Gulfstream, and then moved up to stakes company on March 26 at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track.
After finishing second in his debut at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 7, Big Invasion reeled off five wins in a row through midsummer 2022 to emerge as one of the top turf sprinters in North America. The Christophe Clement trainee romped in his second start, winning by 4 ¼ lengths in a five-furlong grass sprint at Gulfstream, and then moved up to stakes company on March 26 at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track.
He won the listed Texas Glitter Stakes at Gulfstream by three lengths and then resurfaced at Churchill Downs in early May, taking the listed William Walker Stakes by two lengths. Clement then shipped Big Invasion to Belmont Park for the May 29 Paradise Creek Stakes, and the Declaration of War colt once again prevailed in dominant fashion, winning by 3 ¼ lengths.
Big Invasion made his graded stakes debut in the Grade 3 Quick Call Stakes Presented by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation on July 17 at Saratoga. He rallied from off of the pace to take the 5 ½-furlong turf sprint by a widening 2 ¾ lengths under Joel Rosario. Big Invasion followed with a three-length runaway win at Saratoga in the 5 ½-furlong Mahoney Stakes in August and closed out his 3-year-old campaign with a third-place finish at Kentucky Downs in the $600,000 Franklin-Simpson Stakes.
Given a six-month layoff by Clement before his 4-year-old debut, Big Invasion rallied to win the Silks Run Stakes by three-quarters of a length March 18, 2023, at Gulfstream Park. He was unplaced in a Grade 2 turf sprint on the Kentucky Derby undercard but finished second by three-quarters of a length next out in the Grade 1, $400,000 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park.
After an unproductive visit to England to compete at the prestigous Royal Ascot meet, Big Invasion ran second in the Harvey Pack Stakes at Saratoga in September and then won the Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 8.
Big Invasion ran one of the biggest races in his career in the 2023 Breeders' Cup, finishing second in the $1 million Turf Sprint, beaten only a neck by Nobals.
Owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Big Invasion is out of the winning Curlin mare Curls in Place and is a half-brother to two stakes-placed winners.
