Twin Hills Stud's triumph in prying hot young sire SMART MISSILE away from Arrowfield Stud earlier this year is looking like the coup of the decade in the breeding industry.
Smart Missile as a racehorse
Smart Missile is approaching the end of the 2017-18 Racing season with gusto. His progeny keep on winning and there are no signs of this momentum slowing.
On Wednesday, the boom young sire produced a metropolitan treble with two winners at Canterbury - Smart Ain't He and Smartedge and at Sandown Holy Command won.
All three horses appear above average and should record further victories. Especially the Mick Price trained gelding Holy Command who has been in hot form since resuming from a spell at the end of April and recorded its third straight win when coasting home to score over 1300 metres as favourite.
Smart Missile has had 25 winners in the past 30 days and is on track to finish with his best ever results this season, his progeny includes 111 winners of $6.5 million in prizemoney.
Standing at a service fee of $13,200 at Twin Hill Stud, Smart Missile is 15th on the Australian General Sires List but he only has 3 crops of racing age and as for value for money – he is the most affordable sire in the Top 20 stallions in Australia.
He was Champion First Crop Sire by Earnings & 2nd by Winners
He was Champion Second Crop Sire by Winners & 3rd by Earnings
He will be Champion Third Crop Sire by Winners and 2nd by Earnings
Smart Missile at Stud
In this season’s Third Crop Sires Winners title SMART MISSILE to date has recorded 111 Winners which is 16 winners ahead of Foxwedge (95) and 23 winners in front of 3rd placed So You Think (88).
In this season’s Third Crop Sires Earnings title, So You Think with $6,828,444 is in front by $280,481 over SMART MISSILE with $6,547,963 and 3rd spot is Sepoy with $5,525,381.
Owners want winners and Smart Missile is proving a sensation at delivering upon owners expectations.
SMART MISSILE has produced the following stats as at 25/7/18:
287 Starters: 155 Winners: 313 Wins: 534 Placings: 5 Stakes Winners: 13 Stakes Placed: Earnings $13m+
Smart Missile according to Arrowfield Stud’s Bloodstock expert Jon Freyer “He has some big numbers coming through, some high quality stock, they have tremendous talent and we see the best is yet to come for him. We (Arrowfield) have done some comparative figures and if you compare him with where Snitzel and Not A Single Doubt were at the same stages of their careers, he’s right up there! So the best is yet to come for Smart Missile.”
An absolute brute – he’s athletic, strong, correct and mature – the perfect qualities needed to aim at the Inglis Race Series.
Our Colt under saddle
Tim Roberts Lot 44 from Dynamic Syndications on Vimeo.
Adam Watt and Dr Tim Roberts discuss the colt at the sales
His Dam SERENADE LILY (NZ) was a talented racehorse winning at 1500m. She was a $570,000 yearling herself and it’s easy to understand why – She is the half-sister to Champion Australian 3yo SERENADE ROSE who won 8 races including 3 Gr1 races.
SERENADE ROSE
Now as a broodmare she is doing an excellent job having produced 4 foals to race – 3 winners and 1 placed including the very talented filly VOCALISE who was at the upper echelon of the 2yo fillies of her generation.
VOCALISE - our colt's 1/2 sister
Her Grand-dam is CIRCUS RING – European co-Champion 2yo Filly.
So our colt has been purposely bred by Arrowfield to a proven successful cross, he is a magnificent individual, raised on some of the best pastures in the Hunter Valley, by the hottest young sire in Australia, from a pedigree that highlights he’s related to two Champions and he’s being trained by Hall Of Fame Trainer Gai Waterhouse.
You can’t find better value at $8,300 inc GST and All Costs to 31 August.
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Contact our Director of Sales and Marketing ADAM WATT on 02 9540 1511 or
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