Missile Stakes 2024 Betting Tips - Glamour to roll the fav

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: 07 Aug 2024

Alex Marsh 07 Aug 2024

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The Missile Stakes headlines Saturday's Randwick meeting
This 1200m Group 2 is run under set weight and penalties conditions
The track is currently rated a Soft 6 (upgrades likely)
Our feature preview is included below

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Arctic Glamour returns in the Missile Stakes. (Getty)

We get an early view towards the spring on Saturday at Randwick via the running of the Missile Stakes. a 1200m Group 2 event run under set weights and penalties conditions.

2024 Missile Stakes Tips
2024 Missile Stakes Tips

Worth $300,000, this sprint is both a spring lead-up and a strong event in itself, with Group 1 winners having won the last five of the last nine editions, while I Am Me (2023 winner) has placed three times at Group 1 level since taking this feature out.

At $2 with BlueBet, Schwarz heads the betting for the 2024 Missile Stakes.

2024 Missile Stakes Tips

2024 Missile Stakes Best Bet - Arctic Glamour

It's a competitive affair and while Schwarz is capable enough in a race of this strength, the fav is too short at his current quote, jumping from a wide gate over an unsuitable trip (wants 1400m?).

Ryan & Alexiou are a noted fresh stable and they have the resuming Arctic Glamour here first-up off a quiet lead-up trial, although visors weren't worn in that July 23 hit-out.

Also, this yard often sends them around in private Rosehill jump-outs, so aside from her public outing last month, I'm confident that she would've completed another trial/jump-out.

While she wasn't able to progress last autumn after a promising spring campaign, Arctic Glamour was still competitive in strong races and perhaps she's best suited at 1200m-1400m.

On paper, this looks a very winnable Group 2 for the classy four-year-old and with even luck in transit off what appears to be good tempo, the daughter of Frosted can strike fresh.

2024 Missile Stakes Value Bet - Loch Eagle

After nice first winter trial at Newcastle on July 18, Loch Eagle was more workmanlike in his second hit-out at Wyong, where the gelding was well-held in third via a 1000m heat. (click here to watch Loch Eagle's last trial)

He's a blinkers horse on race day and they weren't applied for either of his winter trials, so I wouldn't look too much into that last performance, albeit it was still a pass mark.

A Group 2 winner last December, the Kris Lees-trained galloper is more effective over 1400m-1600m, however, Semillion, Much Much Better and The Face could set a strong clip.

A fast-run six furlongs gives Loch Eagle a sniff in Saturday's return assignment, while along with having a decent first-up record, he generally saves his best for Royal Randwick.

He wasn't quite up to the elite level when contesting Group 1's at the back-end of autumn, but this is a modest line-up for Group 2 standards and he's the class runner of the field.

2024 Missile Stakes Tips

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Loch Eagle	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons	7	57.5kg	$16
2	Semillion	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	9	56.5kg	$5.50
3	Schwarz	John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	James McDonald	10	56.5kg	$2
4	Banju	Lyle Chandler	Reece Jones	3	56kg	$61
5	Ka Bling	Peter Snowden	Tyler Schiller	5	56kg	$12
6	Much Much Better	Sara Ryan	Zac Lloyd (a)	8	56kg	$17
7	The Face	Tony Ball	Jay Ford	1	56kg	$51
8	Steel City	Ciaron Maher	Tim Clark	6	54.5kg	$26
9	Arctic Glamour	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	4	54kg	$5.50
10	Shezanalister	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	2	54kg	$6.50