Randwick – Race 2 Results – Smart Missile Wins 2010 NSW Breeders Plate

Another hot favourite at today’s Royal Randwick meeting has come good with the Anthony Cummings-trained Smart Missile finishing first ahead of a top class field of two-year-old colts and geldings in the $100,000 Listed NSW Breeders Plate (1000m).

A very green but very good Fastnet Rock colt, Smart Missile started the odds-on favourite in Race 2 at Randwick and despite a poor jump, improved and made up the ground to coast to victory.

Smart Missile was second or third last from the gates, as Cheerful Dane took the early lead.

Coming into the home straight it was three horses across the front, but with 200m to go winning jockey Corey Brown bought Smart Missile up through the middle to take the lead.

Racing wayward across the field and showing his inexperience on the track, Smart Missile still had enough to beat Isle Be Ready by one and a half lengths with Wild And Proud, who was the leader at the straight, finishing just a short half head further back in a photo finish for third.

Trainer Anthony Cummings said post-race Smart Missile still had a lot to learn but that he will be the horse to beat next season once he fills out and works out what racing is all about.

It was the second win for in-form jockey Corey Brown who had just won the first race at Randwick aboard Defiant Dame in the Gimcrack Stakes.

The third race and next to jump at Royal Randwick today is the first Group race at the meeting, the Group 3 Chandon Craven Plate (200m) where Triple Honour is the hot favourite to win through Sportsbet.

To back Triple Honour in Race 3 at Randwick taking place at 12:55pm, head to [sportsbet] now and get the best price!

2010 NSW Breeders Plate Results

Position	Horse	Margin	Price	Barrier	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
01	8.SMART MISSILE		$2.10F	6	56	Corey Brown	Anthony Cummings
02	16.ISLE BE READY (NZ) E2	1.5	$41.00	8	56	Glen Boss	Bede Murray
03	14.WILD AND PROUD	1.6	$6.50	11	56	Nash Rawiller	Gai Waterhouse
04	9.SNIPPETS OF GLORY	2.9	$8.50	7	56	Glyn Schofield	David Payne
05	6.DARCI’S MONEY (NZ)	3.1	$31.00	12	56	Jay Ford	Paul Murray
06	10.STAGE EXIT	3.2	$31.00	4	56	Blake Shinn	John P Thompson
07	5.DARCI BE GOOD (NZ)	3.5	$26.00	9	56	Tye Angland	Bede Murray
08	13.WESTERN CLASSIC	3.9	$81.00	5	56	Nathan Berry (a1.5)	Bede Murray
09	12.TRUMP	5.1	$8.50	10	56	Peter Robl	David Payne
10	2.AKBAR	5.3	$31.00	2	56	Luke Nolen	Graeme Rogerson
11	11.THAT’S HOW	8.8	$15.00	3	56	Tim Clark	Rick Worthington
12	7.INDUNA	9.9	$21.00	1	56	Joshua Parr	Peter Snowden
13	3.CHEERFUL DANE	19.1	$31.00	13	56	Tommy Berry (a)	Bede Murray
SC	1.ALVESTA		NA		56	Hugh Bowman	Peter Mckay
SC	4.DANGER LURKS		NA		56	Darryl McLellan	Alan Scorse
SC	15.GELIDO E1		NA		56		Neil Godbolt