HE'S BACK

He's back. The champion sprinter from Golden Acres has bounced back from a recent losing streak to win the Lockinge Stakes. Run Missy Run has been slightly disappointing of late, with a 6 length third in the G 1 Dubai Racing Club Cup over 1400 at Caulfield behind Bro'Town and Hepatic Flap, and a 7th in the Dubai Golden Shaheen last start behind Deux Francais. Now these runs would have been magnificent for a horse of just G1 quality, but Run Missy Run is the top shelf horse around.



Now he was entered in the Lockinge Stakes, one of Europe's top mile races, which has a rich quality over the years. The only Australian runners to run before Run Missy Run, were the half-brothers Elvstroem and Haradasun, who both went on to race with great distinction in England, especially Haradasun who won the Queen Anne Stakes.

Up against Run Missy Run was the Breeders Cup Mile winner Mr Purler, the evergreen sprinter All For Dansilver, the Group 1 winning mare Devil His Brew & the improvers Maximize, Island Refugee & Princess Nina.

Run Missy Run led the whole race and won running way by 3 lengths from Princess Nina, with Island Refugee and All For Dansilver filling the other places in the money.

Punters had kept him at a safe price for Lightning Stakes before that win at $21.00 but he has been backed in to a short price of $7.50 behind the FDL Lodge pair Life On Mars and Hepatic Flap. The challenge is on for Run Missy Run is to take on the champion 3yo filly Life On Mars, of whom he has a losing record against so far. The factors were against him on those two occasions, and I seriously think that Run Missy Run will make her sweat if he runs. Come on Steve, run him!

Anyway I am the trainer of All For Dansilver and I am happy with his run, and will push on in the mile Group 1 events before going for a record breaking third straight Goodwood Handicap.

Here is the pre-race odds for the Lightning Stakes in a month or two game time.

LIGHTNING STAKES (1000m)
$3.50 Life On Mars
$6.00 Hepatic Flap
$7.50 Run Missy Run
$10.00 Deux Francais, Attack At Dawn, Flawless Tower
$13.00 Arctic Silver, Returnofthedancer
$15.00 Bro'Town, Fireheart
$21.00 Rocket, Private Choice
$26.00 People's Champ, Kostya, Handsome Politics
$41.00 All For Dansilver, Maroon Lodge
$81.00 Bellfast Lad, Skasey, Drunken Smart

It should be a keenly contested race and is the start of the Silver Arrow Sprint Series. All us Aussies went to clean-sweep the series. Will Life On Mars join Fin's other mares in All For Camena and Blushing Allanna in winning the triple crown? Will Run Missy Run clean-sweep to atone for last year? Or will the tough mare Attack At Dawn or the stallion Returnofthedancer reclaim there crown of being the Silver Arrow Champ again? Its anybody's guess.

Josh Kayll