Successful Emirates Park Stakes Double

A significant black-type race-to-race double on Flemington’s Group 1 program provided another example of Emirates Park’s proven record as a successful breeder and seller of stakes winning gallopers. Races 4 and 5 on Saturday’s exceptional Flemington program witnessed 2YO colt Lightsaber (Zoustar-Dream Cirque, by Dream Ahead) lead all of the way in the Gr2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), before 3YO filly Marboosha (Dream Ahead-Boomex, by Exceed And Excel) landed a decisive late blow to claim the Listed VRC Incognitus Stakes (1100m). Both proudly carried the now very familiar ‘EP’ Emirates Park brand to victory, each being a product of the stud’s very successful breeding program. Group 2-winning juvenile Lightsaber carried the colours of Blueblood Thoroughbreds to victory and now boasts the race record of three wins from four starts for $239,010 in earnings. The Zoustar colt was sold on behalf of Emirates Park at the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale where he was secured by JCS Racing for $80,000. He was subsequently re-offered as a Ready-2-Run 2YO where he passed into the ownership of Bluebloods Thoroughbreds when then bought for $100,000. Marboosha is a home-bred retained to race in Emirates Park’s colours before ultimately filtering into the stud’s broodmare band. Emirates Park is offering colts by Capitalist, Dissident and their great stalwart Al Maher at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale this coming week.

Lightsaber was the first of a stakes double for Emirates Park (pic: Mark Gatt)