Star Missile (Smart Missile x Minnastar) already has a spot in the All-Star Mile (1600m) but there are four options for his lead-up to the $5 million race .<\/p>\n
The Greg Eurell-trained Star Missile, who has hundreds of part-owners in the Hancox Racing No.8 syndicate, finished fourth in public voting to secure his spot in the All-Star Mile at Caulfield on March 14.<\/p>\n
Star Missile finished eighth in a 1400m open handicap at Flemington, won by Galaxy Raider, on his return from a spell last Saturday week and is nominated for two stakes races at Flemington and a handicap in Adelaide on Saturday and a benchmark race at The Valley on Friday night.<\/p>\n
While Eurell said he would ideally like to run Star Missile on the big track at Flemington, no decision has yet been made.,<\/p>\n
“I’ll see how he works in the morning and speak to the syndicate manager,” Eurell said.<\/p>\n
“But he has come out of his first-up run well. There’s absolutely no issues there so he’s certainly on track at the moment.<\/p>\n
“It will just be a matter of seeing how he lines up in the morning and trying to work out which race.”<\/p>\n
Nominations for the Gr.2 Blamey (1600m) at Flemington have been extended after 12 entries were taken on Monday.<\/p>\n
The winner of the Blamey will be offered a wild card into the All-Star Mile if, unlike Star Missile, they don’t already have a spot in the field.<\/p>\n
Star Missile is 17th in the ballot for the Gr.3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) which has 20 nominations including stablemate Blazejowski who will run with Damien Oliver to ride.<\/p>\n
Eurell said Star Missile’s first-up run on face value was a little disappointing but also believed the inside barrier draw did not suit him.<\/p>\n
“He’s not a horse that likes to be inside horses,” he said<\/p>\n
“He proved that the way he won the Country Final on Oaks day at Flemington last spring when he came down the outside.”<\/p>\n
Bred by Ralph Johns, Star Missile was born and raised at Amarina Farm before being sold through their 2017 Inglis Classic draft. He is a half-brother to Urban Ruler (Street Boss) who ran in the All Star Mile in 2019. -AAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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