Smart Missile’s fast start to new season

Smart Missile’s plentiful store of talent is making the most of the new season’s early opportunities. He’s already posted six winners of seven races, including Saturday’s two-state double.

The John Thompson-trained Special Missile extended his record to four consecutive wins with a powerhouse performance over 1500 metres at Rosehill. He led the field into the straight and simply out-gunned his rivals to score by 1.5 lengths from Mapmaker and Nat King Cu.

Watch Special Missile win at Rosehill.

Special Missile’s likely next start will be in either the Rowley Mile LR at Hawkesbury on 24 August or the Premier’s Cup LR over 1900m at Rosehill on 26 August. 

The son of Quiet Meadow (by El Prado) was bred by Vinery Stud partner Greg Perry and bought for $180,000 by Bill Mitchell from the Stud’s draft at the 2015 Magic Millions Sale.

Another member of Smart Missile’s second crop Malkara validated trainer Michael Costa’s decision to take the short back-up from last weekend, and seek a second Gold Coast win. He won with even more authority this time and is clearly beginning to fill the promise he showed last year. 

Watch Malkara win at the Gold Coast.

A product of John & Trish Muir’s Milburn Creek Stud, Malkara (ex Midnight Wine by Black Minnaloushe) was a $90,000 Inglis Classic buy for New Breed Racing from Rheinwood Pastoral.

Smart Missile’s other winners in the first fortnight of the 2017/18 Australian season are Bombardier, Liffy and Missile Coda and 3YO Island Missile. As a result, the brilliant son of Fastnet Rock has compiled almost $200,000 prizemoney in the first fortnight of the season.