Bodyguard winning the prestigious Maribyrnong Trial S-LR at his only start .He is a $1.6m graduate from Emirates Park’s 2023 Magic Millions draft and a typical of the quality on offer from the farm.
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Emirates Park’s steady build up in both numbers and quality on the Gold Coast has been noted, and, importantly, rewarded through the success of graduates like Charm Stone and Bodyguard. And the success stories don’t have to be seven figure yearlings, there is something in this year’s draft for every budget.
If we had to name three horses pivotal to the reemergence of the Emirates Park brand as a commercial vendor they would have to be Charm Stone, Bodyguard and Tassort. A dual Gr.3 winner including the Ottawa Stakes at two, there is no better advertisement for investing in quality and trusting Emirates Park than Charm Stone. Then there is Bodyguard, who at his only run reaffirmed the declaration made by Charm Stone by winning the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes in outstanding fashion and setting himself on a path to the Golden Slipper. Both horses came through the Magic Millions ring, and both look sure to repay their purchase price, and then some. But as Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson explained “Importantly those horses at the top end of the market like Charm Stone and Bodyguard are
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returning a dividend, but it doesn’t matter the budget, we are producing quality horses for all levels of the market.” The other name on the rise is Tassort. It was a show of faith by Emirates Park that the stud retained all of their first crop Tassorts to race, a decision that was vindicated by the determined win of Manaal, his first starter, in the Gr.3 Gimcrack Stakes. In the expectation that the market will be desirous of his stock, Emirates Park will take to the Gold Coast five fillies and a colt. Amongst them is Lot 277 a half-sister to last season’s Gr.3 WATC Sires’ Produce Stakes runner up Brave Strike suggesting precocity runs on both sides of the family. Bryan also believes Lot 999 carries plenty of quality and is a Tassort half-sister to Bohemian Lad who won at his first start as a two year-old. The dam Nahab is a Snitzel three-quarter sister to the Gr.1 The Galaxy winner Sweet Idea and her Gr.2 winning brother Showtime. Moving away from the Tassorts, a colt to go through as Lot 190 has a fascinating pedigree
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