Missile Stakes Odds

2026 Missile Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Missile Stakes results and finishing order at Randwick on Saturday, August 8, 2026 and see what sprinters have tougher spring assignments on the radar.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Winning Margin: TBD

Winning Time: TBD

Missile Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Missile Stakes 2026 Tips on the popular early season sprint.

Missile Stakes News

The 2026 Missile Stakes is a Group 2 sprinting event raced over a distance of 1200m. The Missile Stakes is currently held at Randwick Racecourse every year around early August. The Missile Stakes is worth $300,000 and is open to horses aged three years and older.

Contested under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Missile Stakes field usually attracts a decent selection of sprinters looking to kick their spring racing campaign off with some black-type success. Many horses run first-up in the Missile Stakes and could move towards a tougher run south during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

In 2016 Rebel Dane ran second in the Missile Stakes and went on to win that October’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. The 2016 Missile Stakes winner Tycoon Tara also went on to win a Group 1 the following year taking out Brisbane’s Tatt’s Tiara in 2017.

The Missile Stakes form was further franked in 2018 with the winner Pierata going on to win the 2019 All Aged Stakes after a number of other Group 1 placings.

The 2020 Missile Stakes champion Eduardo continued on to secure Group 1 wins in the 2021 The Galaxy and Doomben 10,000 the following year.

The event now serves as a possible early spring lead-up for horses chasing a slot in the coveted $20 million The Everest field at Randwick in October.

The 2023 Missile Stakes winner I Am Me went on to frank the form running top four in a host of subsequent Group 1 races including that year’s Manikato Stakes (2nd) and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (2nd) in Melbourne.

The 2024 Missile Stakes form was franked with the winner, Schwarz, going on to win the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in the autumn of 2025.

2026 Missile Stakes Betting

The season’s latest Missile Stakes 2026 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available here at Races.com.au the week of the race.

Alizee ($1.30 in 2019), Eduardo ($2.30 in 2020), I Am Me ($2.40 in 2023), and Schwarz ($2.50 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Missile Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in the 2022 Missile Stakes with Hard Empire winning at 70/1!

Missile Stakes Field

2026 Missile Stakes Form

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2026 Missile Stakes Nominations

The early Missile Stakes 2026 Nominations are announced by Racing NSW on the Monday leading-up to the race and will be available below as soon as released.

2026 Missile Stakes Field

The Missile Stakes field often attracts top class sprinters heading towards the Group 1 sprints of the spring. Following a run in the Missile Stakes field, gallopers may back-up in another Sydney feature including the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) a fortnight later back at the track.

In 2014 Sweet Idea won the Missile Stakes before finishing second next-up in the Memsie Stakes in Melbourne. She also placed fourth in that year’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), won the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) and ran second in the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The official Missile Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers will be released and published in full below on the Wednesday of race week.

Missile Stakes History

The Missile Stakes was inaugurated in 1978 as a Principal Race, prior to being reclassified as a Group 3 event in 1980. For the 2014 edition, the race was upgraded to Group 2.

The Missile Stakes has been held at a few different venues over time, with Rosehill playing host until 2011, then Warwick Farm stepping in for 2012, before Randwick from 2013 – 2018.

The 2019 edition of the Missile Stakes saw the event move back to Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, while in 2021 the event took place at Randwick due to COVID-19.

In 2023 the Missile Stakes race day moved back to Rosehill Gardens Racecourse before returning to Randwick in 2024.

The Missile Stakes was initially raced over 1100m. In 2010, the race began to be raced over 1200m and has remained at that distance since. The Missile Stakes forms a popular double with the Premiere Stakes at Rosehill, which German Chocolate (2007) and Spark of Life (2004) have both managed to achieve.

Notable Missile Stakes winners include Commands (1999), Lonhro (2002) and Pompeii (2003).

The 2025 Missile Stakes race was abandoned and ultimately not rescheduled.

Missile Stakes Previous Race Winners