$500,000 Colt Caps the Rise of Tassort

Tara Madgwick - Friday January 10

For a stallion that stood his first four seasons at a fee of $11,000, Tassort has come a long way in a short time and this grand-son of I Am Invincible has had a good Magic Millions achieving a new benchmark for his highest priced yearling when Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing/Kestrel Thoroughbreds purchased a colt for $500,000 on Friday.

Consigned and bred by Emirates Park, the colt is the third foal of Group II winner Shumookh, who was trained by Waterhouse and Bott as was her multiple Group I winning dam Shamekha.

$500,000 Tassort colt from Shumookh

Emirates Park have been great supporters of Tassort, who they stand in conjunction with Newgate Farm and have bred and raced his Group I winner Manaal and Group II winner Ameena.

Shumookh missed in 2023 so had no foal last year, but is now back in foal to Tassort, who covered 213 mares last year in his first season at an increased fee of $38,500.

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Tassort also produced a couple of the best pinhook winners with Sledmere Stud selling a filly from The Seductress for $370,000 that was purchased as a weanling for $140,000 and Blue Gum Farm sold a filly from Etoile Celebre for $350,000 that was bought as a weanling for $180,000.

Tassort finished Book 1 with 12 yearlings selling at an average $205,833 which represents some 20 times service fee and continues his impressive commercial rise.

Tassort had four yearlings sell in Book 1 in 2023 at an average $108,000 and then six averaged $184,164 in 2024 with the upward trajectory continuing this year.

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