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The 2020 Missile Stakes is a Group 2 sprinting event raced over a distance of 1200m. The Missile Stakes is now held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, having previously been conducted at Royal Randwick, every year around early August. The Missile Stakes is worth $200,000 and is open to horses aged three years and older.

Contested under weight-for-age 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 on Cox Plate Eve. 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 event now serves as a possible early spring lead-up for horses chasing a slot in the coveted $15 million The Everest field at Randwick in October.

The Missile Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday August 8, 2020 at Rosehill Gardens and was won by Joe Pride’s The Everest hopeful Edurado. 

Missile Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 8, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-for-age
Status:	Group Two
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Missile Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Eduardo
• 2nd: #5 Flit
• 3rd: #3 Imaging

The Missile Stakes 2020 results saw the Joe Pride-trained Eduardo ($2.30), last start winner of the July Sprint, make it two from two at Rosehill Gardens for his new trainer with a gutsy 1.5 length win for the punters. Pride is now chasing a slot in the $15 million The Everest on October 17 with the Host seven-year-old who held off Flit (2nd) and Imaging (3rd) in the Missile Stakes trifecta.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller		2	56kg		$2.30F
	2	5	FLIT	James Cummings	James McDonald	1.5L	1	57kg		$4
	3	3	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	1.9L	4	57.5kg		$11
	4	11	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	2L	5	56kg		$15
	5	2	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Adam Hyeronimus	2.6L	3	57.5kg		$13
	6	4	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	4.6L	6	57kg		$4.60
		13	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King		0
		12	SIGNORE FOX	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jeff Penza		0
		9	LE ROMAIN	Kris Lees	Jason Collett		0
		6	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield		0
		1	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss		0
		8	HIGHTAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark		0
		7	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Missile Stakes Odds

The season’s latest Missile Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

Alizee ($1.30 in 2019) and Eduardo ($2.30 in 2020) are the latest favourites in Missile Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2020 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 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be released and published in full below on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2020 Missile Stakes field features 13 hopefuls led in betting by 10-time Group 1 winning Kiwi mare Melody Belle drawn wide in barrier 11 and Godolphin’s Thousand Guineas winner Flit who came up trumps with barrier one for her first-up run of the new season.

Click here for more on the top fancies in the Missile Stakes 2020 field and betting markets.

2020 Missile Stakes Field Update: Hightail (3) has been scratched from the race in favour of a Melbourne run in Flemington’s Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap on Saturday.

Race Day Update: Just six runners are left in the mix for the Missile Stakes with a Heavy (9) Rosehill track seeing a total of seven horses scratched from the event including the well-fancied Savatiano.

Scratched: #1 Kolding (7), #6 Cascadian (12), #7 Special Reward (13), #8 Hightail (3), #9 Le Romain (4), #12 Signore Fox (8), #13 Savatiano (5).

Click here for more on the official Missile Stakes 2020 Scratchings.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	111x45778x	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	7	59kg			110
2	x6101x300x	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Adam Hyeronimus	6	57.5kg			110
3	2x20x8100x	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	9	57.5kg			108
4	1112x3346x	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	11	57kg			115
5	2914x1602x	FLIT	James Cummings	James McDonald	1	57kg			105
6	713x25319x	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	12	56.5kg			107
7	11x56x211x	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	13	56.5kg			105
8	8x213x1108	HIGHTAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	3	56.5kg			94
9	6x30x30x4x	LE ROMAIN	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	4	56kg			111
10	03x37x07x1	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller	2	56kg			102
11	60123250×3	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	10	56kg			100
12	x1515x0801	SIGNORE FOX	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jeff Penza	8	56kg			98
13	101x12766x	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	5	55.5kg			110

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Missile Stakes Nominations

The early Missile Stakes 2020 Nominations are announced by Racing NSW on the Monday leading-up to the race and will be available below as soon as released.

The 2020 Missile Stakes nominations attracted 16 potential runners including 10-time Group 1 winning Kiwi mare Melody Belle looking to return to her better form, the promising Godolphin-raced Thousand Guineas winner Flit to make her four-year-old debut and last start July Sprint winner Eduardo.

Click here to read more on the key Missile Stakes 2020 nominees.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	243182×472	BOOM QUEEN	M	5	Tony Ball	57
2	713x25319x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	107
3	03x37x07x1	EDUARDO	G	7	Joseph Pride	102
4	2914x1602x	FLIT	M	4	James Cummings	105
5	60123250×3	GLENALL	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	100
6	8x213x1108	HIGHTAIL	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	94
7	24720×3734	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	G	9	James Cummings	104
8	2x20x8100x	IMAGING (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	108
9	111x45778x	KOLDING (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	110
10	6x30x30x4x	LE ROMAIN	G	8	Kris Lees	111
11	1112x3346x	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	M	6	Jamie Richards	115
12	x6101x300x	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller	110
13	17359x	RETURN WITH HONOUR	C	3	Gerald Ryan	70
14	101x12766x	SAVATIANO	M	6	James Cummings	110
15	x1515x0801	SIGNORE FOX	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	98
16	11x56x211x	SPECIAL REWARD	G	5	Kris Lees	105

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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.

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). Missile Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Missile Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Missile Stakes	1st	Eduardo	1 minute 12.01
	2nd	Flit
	3rd	Imaging
2019 Missile Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 11.25 seconds
	2nd	Invincible Gem
	3rd	Le Romain
2018 Missile Stakes	1st	Pierata	1 minute 8.41 seconds
	2nd	Kementari
	3rd	The Monstar
2017 Missile Stakes	1st	Invincible Gem	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Le Romain
	3rd	The Monstar
2016 Missile Stakes	1st	Tycoon Tara	1 minute 15.6 seconds
	2nd	Rebel Dane
	3rd	Mount Nebo
2015 Missile Stakes	1st	Burbero	1 minute 09.1 seconds
	2nd	Weary
	3rd	Temple Of Boom
2014 Missile Stakes	1st	Sweet Idea	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Messene
	3rd	Rebel Dane
2013 Missile Stakes	1st	Rain Affair	1 minute 10.8 seconds
	2nd	Mic Mac
	3rd	Title
2012 Missile Stakes	1st	Pinwheel	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Centennial Park
	3rd	Rolling Pin
2011 Missile Stakes	1st	Rain Affair	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Winter King
	3rd	Pinwheel
2010 Missile Stakes	1st	Love Conquers All	1 minute 12.4 seconds
	2nd	Danleigh
	3rd	Sniper’s Bullet
2009 Missile Stakes	1st	Teasing	1 minute 104.4 seconds
	2nd	Gold Trail
	3rd	Typhoon Zed
2008 Missile Stakes	1st	Captain Bax	1 minute 05.4 seconds
	2nd	Typhoon Zed
	3rd	Interfere
2007 Missile Stakes	1st	German Chocolate	1 minute 04.6 seconds
	2nd	La Montagna
	3rd	Vionneto
2006 Missile Stakes	1st	Imprisoned	1 minute 06.3 seconds
	2nd	Crimson Reign
	3rd	Mac’s Tune
2005 Missile Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 02.8 seconds
	2nd	Snippetson
	3rd	Spark Of Life
2004 Missile Stakes	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 02.8 seconds
	2nd	Into The Night
	3rd	Dane Shadow
2003 Missile Stakes	1st	Pompeii	1 minute 03.7 seconds
	2nd	Academe
	3rd	Our Egyptian Raine
2002 Missile Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 03.5 seconds
	2nd	Ancient Song
	3rd	Notoire
2001 Missile Stakes	1st	Sportsbrat	1 minute 06.7 seconds
	2nd	Air She Goes
	3rd	Lonhro
2000 Missile Stakes	1st	Padstow	1 minute 03.8 seconds
	2nd	Wynciti
	3rd	Celestial Choir