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Fastnet Rock, Mukhadram, Shooting To Win and Smart Missile add new stakes winners
189 for Fastnet Rock
Coolmore Stud's Fastnet Rock (Danehill) notched up stakes winner number 189 when Passive Aggressive (3 f ex Miss Judgement by Strategic) remained unbeaten and won the Listed A R Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. A $500,000 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale purchase by Dean Hawthorne from the draft of Cressfield, Passive Aggressive ran on in the closing stages to beat favourite Star Patrol (Starspangledbanner) by a length, with Karacasu (Headwater) back in third. Fastnet Rock's 2022 fee is set for the fourth consecutive year at $165,000 (inc GST).
4 from 4 for as Passive Aggressive is too strong down the straight in Listed AR Creswick S. at @FlemingtonVRC. Sold by @Cressfieldstud to Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock for $500k at the 2020 @inglis_sales Easter, Passive Aggressive becomes the 189th SW for @CoolmoreAus's Fastnet Rock pic.twitter.com/hct2i4AwKA
— Aushorse (@Aushorse_TBA) June 18, 2022
Four for Mukhadram
British-bred gelding Skyman (5 g ex Skyrider by Dalakhani) became the fourth stakes winner for the Shadwell Stud-based Mukhadram (Shamardal) when he won Saturday's Listed W J McKell Cup 2000m) at Rosehill. Trained in England by Roger Charlton before being bought for 42,000gns by Go Bloodstock at the 2019 Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, the now Chris Waller-trained Skyman pulled two lengths clear of Dr Drill (Dansili) in recording his first victory at stakes level.
Great run by #Skyman (Mukhadram-Skyrider) to take out the Listed WJ McKell Cup (2000m) after a consistent run of placings. #goracingwithus https://t.co/qmGRKEby7W
— GoRacing (@_GoRacing) June 18, 2022
Seven for Shooting To Win
In winning Saturday's Listed Gai Waterhouse (1200m) at Ipswich, Centrefire (5 m ex Coco Kerringle by Exceed And Excel) became the seventh stakes winner for Shooting To Win. Having her 38th career start, the Chris Munce-trained mare, a $100,000 by Munce Racing at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, beat Maybe The Best (I Am Invincible) by a nose.
STAKES DOUBLE
— Munce Racing (@munceracing) June 18, 2022
CENTREFIRE proved too slick in the Listed Gai Waterhouse @IpswichTurfClub to bring up a Stakes winning double for the stable.
A well deserved first Stakes win for this talented mare who has now won almost $350,000 @mmsnippets
Congrats to her owners pic.twitter.com/PPIE7pB6QN
23 for Smart Missile
Stakes placed previously, Smart Meteor's (5 g ex Tempting Lady by Northern Meteor) victory in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) provided his sire Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock) with his 23rd stakes winner. The Chris Munce-trained gelding beat Our Intrigue (Showcasing) by a neck, while Street Dancer (Pride Of Dubai) was back in third. Smart Missile stands at Twin Hill Stud. He has sired one other stakes winner in Australia this season and will stand for a fee of $16,500 (inc GST) again this season.
What a terrific stallion Smart Missile is!
— Twin Hills Stud (@TwinHillsStud) June 18, 2022
A new Stakes winner…well done to Smart Meteor in taking out the Ipswich Cup @IpswichTurfClub this afternoon.
Congratulations to a big team of owners and a well done on a great training effort from Chris Munce @munceracing. https://t.co/07en3v8cOr
