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Arrowfield Stud’s super stallion Snitzel produced a Group One trifecta in the historic ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes for two-year-olds at Randwick on Saturday.

The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Invader (Snitzel x Flame Of Sydney by Encosta De Lago) led home fellow Snitzel youngsters Summer Passage and Trapeze Artist, the first trifecta achieved in an Australian G1 juvenile race by progeny of one sire in the past three decades.

Invader is the sixth foal of the stakes-winning mare Flame of Sydney and was sold for $475,000 by Arrowfield at the 2016 Magic Millions Sale. He is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for buyer China Horse Club which races him with Newgate Farm, Aquis Farm, Horse Ventures and Winstar Farm.

Flame of Sydney, also dam of the G3 Zeditave Stakes winner and G2 Hong Kong winner Not Listenin'tome, was sold for $605,000 to Yu Long Investments at the 2015 Australian Broodmare Sale. She has since delivered her new owners a filly, sold this year as a yearling for $250,000, and a colt by Snitzel. She ws covered last spring by Medaglia D’Oro.

Invader has had six starts for two wins and two seconds for prize money earnings of $865,125.

Flame Of Sydney has had five foals to race for three winners. Invader’s second dam, the stakes-placed Flame Of Atlanta (Clay Hero) is a half-sister to G2 winner What Can I Say (Khozaam) and Listed winner Wry Hero (Clay Hero).

Yu Long Investments will be reoffering Flame Of Sydney at the Chairman’s Sale for elite breeding prospects in Sydney on Friday.

Snitzel now has 58 stakeswinners, nine of them successful at G1 level, and has extended his lead on the 2016/17 Australian General Sires' premiership with 115 winners, 21 stakeswinners and $11.5 million prizemoney.

Invader is one of four G1 winers by Snitzel in 17 days, after Summer Passage won the G1 Ellerslie Sires' Produce Stakes; Russian Revolution scored in the G1 ATC The Galaxy; and in South Africa his Australian-bred three year-old Heavenly Blue won the G1 SA Classic at Turffontein on Saturday.

His 3YO daughter Diddums became the 12th Snitzel stakeswinner prepared by the sire’s former trainer Gerald Ryan when she won the G3 P.J. Bell Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

A home-bred for Torryburn Stud, Diddums is the fourth foal of Raheights (Rahy) and and has won placed in all but one of her seven starts.

Snitzel, the heir apparent to Redoute’s Choice (Danehill), sits at the head of the leading sires table in Australia by earnings and winners and is also leading the three-year-old and two-year-old tables by both earnings and winners.

Snitzel has sired 24 2YO winners so far this season in Australia after equalling Without Fear’s record last season.

Snitzel, who is entering his 12th year at stud, covered 169 mares last year at a fee of $110,000 (inc GST). His 2017 fee will be announced this month.

Invader’s dam Flame Of Sydney is one of three dams to produce stakes-winners at Randwick that are being offered for sale in Friday’s Chairman’s Sale Session II for elite breeding prospects.

Opalize, dam of Starcraft’s G3 2YO winner Property, and Adonia Queen, dam of the G3 Carbine Club Stakes winner Acatour (Sebring), are also up for sale on Friday.

Flame Of Sydney will be offered in foal to Medaglia d’Oro while Property’s dam Opalize will be offered in foal to Sizzling. Property is the third foal and second winner from Opalize to race.

Acatour's dam Adonia Queen will be offered as in foal to Sebring.