Kingman's Emissary Breaks Through

Mark Smith - Saturday August 27

Placed in the Group II Peter Young Stakes and Group III Hotham Hcp, the Michael Moroney import Emissary (GB) broke thorough at his seventh start in his adopted homeland in Saturday’s Listed Tile Importer Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield.

Ridden by Jye McNeil, Emissary (GB) defeated the Sydney Cup runner-up Sheraz (FRA) (Sea The Stars) by a half-length with the same distance back to Jimmy The Bear (Jimmy Creed) in third.

Emissary opens his Australian account (image Grant Courtney)

The 6yo Juddmonte-bred son of Kingman won two of his five starts in Britain for Hugo Palmer. He contested the 2020 Epsom Derby, a race won by his half-brother a decade earlier before adding the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Consigned by Juddmonte to the 2020 Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, Emissary (GB) was a 350,000gns purchase for Armando Duarte / Ballymore Stables Australia / Paul Moroney Bloodstock.

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Mike Moroney nominated the Naturalism Stakes as a possible next start.

“He showed us glimpses last time around,” Moroney said.

“We bought a couple of horses out of the English Derby, and he was one of them, and he’s really gone on with it.

“I think you’ll see him at his best this season now. We gelded him straight away when we brought him across, and I think that’s been a big help.

“He’s a really nice horse, and he’s going to be a lightweight chance in some of these Cups I would think.

“We sort of threw him in the deep end a bit in the autumn because we thought he was good enough, and now he comes to handicaps, he’s going to be nicely in, I would think.”

“He’s by Kingman, who’s a great sire, and I think he’s a half to a two-mile winner, so it’s a really good cross.”

McNeil said the son of Kingman works like a good horse.

“It was a great first-up performance. I trialled him last week and he went fantastic at Flemington, so I knew he’d run really well today,” McNeil said.

“I just needed an ounce of luck from the awkward barrier draw. I got that, had the right run in transit and he was fantastic.

“In the trial he just gave me such a good feel and he did it all on his own merit, and today he just backed it up with a fantastic performance.”

Emissary (GB) is the 49th stakes-winner for Kingman. 

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Race Result - Tile Importer Heatherlie Stks LR 1700m

Caulfield Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:44.73
1
Emissary
- 6g Kingman (GB) x Soviet Moon (IRE) (Sadler's Wells (USA))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: Jye McNeil 54
2
0.5
Sheraz
- 6g Sea The Stars (IRE) x Shemiyla (FR) (Dalakhani (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: D Oliver 58.5
3
1.0
Jimmy The Bear
- 4g Jimmy Creed (USA) x Belvedere Road (AUS) (Street Boss (USA))
Tnr: Patrick Payne Rdr: Teodore Nugent 54
4
2.5
Adelaide Ace
- 6g Savabeel (AUS) x Ampin (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Shane Jackson Rdr: Patrick Moloney 54
5
2.7
Barbie's Fox
- 6m Foxwedge (AUS) x So Barbie Says (AUS) (Kenvain (AUS))
Tnr: Ben & J D Hayes Rdr: D Moor 54
6
2.9
Lunar Flare
- 7m Fiorente (IRE) x My Fair Lago (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: G M Begg Rdr: M J Dee 55
7
3.0
Desert Icon
- 7g Sea The Stars (IRE) x Plume Rose (GB) (Marchand De Sable (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: B Prebble 54
8
3.1
Chapada
- 7g Bullet Train (GB) x Diamantina Dior (AUS) (Oasis Dream (GB))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: D W Stackhouse 57.5
9
3.8
Royal Mile
- 5g Danerich (AUS) x Street Blaze (AUS) (Street Sense (USA))
Tnr: L A Creek Rdr: Jacob Opperman 54
10
3.9
Daqiansweet Junior
- 5g Sweet Orange (USA) x Paulette (NZ) (Keeper (AUS))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: Jamie Kah 57.5
11
6.7
Delphi
- 6g Galileo (IRE) x Bye Bye Birdie (IRE) (Oasis Dream (GB))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: John Allen 58.5
12
7.7
No Effort
- 8m Reward For Effort (AUS) x Hold The Lion (AUS) (Lion Cavern (USA))
Tnr: Gavin Bedggood Rdr: Beau Mertens 54.5
13
7.8
Team Captain
- 7g Galileo (IRE) x Remember When (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: Matthew Cumani Rdr: B Mc Dougall 54
14
8.8
Tralee Rose
- 6m Tavistock (NZ) x Star Of Tralee (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: Symon Wilde Rdr: M Zahra 57.5
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