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I Am Me makes every post a winner in Group 2 Missile Stakes

Posted on August 5, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace training combination have continued their amazing winter carnival success as I Am Me returned a dominant winner in the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. I Am Me ($2.80) and Big Parade ($4) both turned for home in contention for victory, with the former able to sprint[...]

Posted on August 6, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Give him a slot – they were the thoughts of co-trainer Trent Edmonds when his nine-year-old Hard Empire caused an upset for the ages in the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Royal Randwick. Sent out as a $101 outsider in the $250,000 feature race, Hard Empire wound back the clock to finish home stronger than[...]

Posted on August 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa will send his lightly raced gelding Phobetor to Randwick on Saturday for a “throw at the stumps” in the Group 2 Missile Stakes.

Posted on August 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nash Rawiller has lodged an appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension which threatens to rule him out of Sydney's first Group One meeting. The top jockey was outed for seven meetings for his winning ride aboard Eduardo in the Missile Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. It was his second suspension of the[...]

Posted on August 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride is kicking up for two of his horses to be seriously considered for Everest slots after Eduardo maintained his perfect record for the trainer in the Missile Stakes. Pride also has Group One placegetter Fasika as a potential candidate for the $15 million sprint and says Eduardo deserves to be in the mix.[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards is comfortable with star mare Melody Belle carrying the favourite tag into Saturday's Group 2 Missile Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. Commands six-year-old Melody Belle has won three of her seven previous first-up starts though was fourth in last year's Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa and fourth in the[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride's recent recruit Eduardo has passed his first test but a bigger challenge awaits when he takes on a rich field in the Missile Stakes at Rosehill. The former Victorian made an immediate impact on debut for the stable to win the July Sprint, his first victory since taking out a Group Two race[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melody Belle's trainer Jamie Richards is fast becoming an expert on WhatsApp as he prepares Te Akau Racing's star gallopers remotely from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented Richards from travelling to Sydney but he is grateful for the foresight of owner David Ellis, who left Melody Belle and Probabeel in Australia after the[...]

Posted on August 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in the Group Two Missile Stakes[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Melody Belle has continued preparations towards her expected return in the Missile Stakes with a win in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick. Three heats for Group horses were conducted on Randwick's Kensington track on Friday morning having been pushed back from Tuesday because of the recent wet weather in Sydney. The[...]

Posted on July 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former Victorian Eduardo has made a winning debut for new trainer Joe Pride, holding off the fast-finishing Roheryn to claim the July Sprint at Rosehill. Group One placed in last year's Oakleigh Plate, Eduardo had lost form during the autumn and was transferred to Pride after finishing midfield in a Flemington sprint in May. Renowned[...]

Posted on July 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride has a theory around the longevity of thoroughbreds and by his calculations, Eduardo is a spring chicken despite rising seven. Group One placed in the 2019 Oakleigh Plate, Eduardo recently joined Pride's team and will make his debut for the stable in the July Sprint (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday. It will be[...]

Posted on July 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Kris Lees-trained Special Reward headlines the 10 nominations for the Listed July Sprint over 1100m at Rosehill. While Stradbroke Handicap plans did not eventuate for the dual Group winner, he heads the weights with 62kg on Saturday. Lees said at this stage he would accept with Special Reward before making a final decision on[...]

Posted on July 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The decision by Te Akau principal David Ellis to leave star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel in Sydney following their autumn campaigns is already paying a dividend. They have been in the hands of travelling foreman Ashley Handley, who is providing positive feedback to trainer Jamie Richards as to how the mares are progressing. Closed[...]

Posted on August 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Short-priced favourite Alizee has duly won the Group Two Missile Stakes but not quite as easily as might have been expected. Sent out at $1.30 in Saturday's five-horse field, Alizee strode to the lead rounding the turn and looked to be cruising to a comprehensive victory in the 1200m-race. Invincible Gem ($17), winner of the[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sentimentally, Kris Lees would love to see history repeat itself in the Missile Stakes but realistically, he does not expect it will. Lees will saddle up two of the five runners in the Group Two sprint, Invincible Gem and Le Romain, who ran one-two in the corresponding race two years ago. The pair have both[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The stakes will be high for untapped talent Vegadaze when he is pitted against Group One winners Alizee and Le Romain on his seasonal return. In a strategic move by trainer Anthony Cummings, Vegadaze, will take his place in the first Group race of the Sydney season – the Missile Stakes. He is hoping to[...]

I Am Me makes every post a winner in Group 2 Missile Stakes

Hard Empire wins Missile Stakes at $101

Costa happy to have a punt on Missile Stakes with Phobetor

Rawiller Lodges Appeal Against Riding Ban

Eduardo Makes It Two From Two In Sydney

Melody Belle forward for Missile return

Fresh Challenge For Eduardo In Missile

Melody Belle On Song For Missile Stakes

Veteran Among Two Missile Runners For Lees

Star Mare Melody Belle Wins Randwick Trial

Eduardo Fires On Debut For New Trainer

Eduardo Showing Right Signs For New Stable

Special Reward Nominated For July Sprint

Star NZ Mares Progressing Well In Sydney

Alizee Makes Winning Return In Group 2 Missile Stakes

Lees Pair To Launch Spring Bids In Missile

Cummings Sets Vegadaze A Mountainous Task

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