News - SMART MISSILE (AUS)

By the time a stallion’s oldest progeny turn four and we move to the back end of the season it’s fair to say that judgement can be made on whether a sire can be seen as a success or otherwise.

Announced as a new addition to the Twin Hills roster this spring last Sunday, Smart Missile was quick to keep himself in the news when siring a smart winner at Randwick on Wednesday for Team Hawkes.

Smart Missile, Australia’s leading third crop sire by winners, will stand at Twin Hills Stud in Cootamundra for the 2018 season at a fee of $13,200.

Irish Bet will follow a proven path to Golden Slipper success following his debut win in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick.

If John O'Shea needed a big horse to propel him back into the spotlight after severing connections with Godolphin, he may have found it in the exciting Smart Missile colt Irish Bet.

Four juvenile heats at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning produced some interesting winners with the fastest sporting the China Horse Club colours and trained by John O’Shea.

An exciting young prospect by former crack juvenile Smart Missile topped Day One of the 2017 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2Yos in Training Sale on Tuesday.

A quality colt by Smart Missile ran the quickest time during a successful breeze up session held at Warwick Farm in Sydney today.

A colt by Smart Missile was the fastest during a successful breeze up session at the Gold Coast today.