Speedy Missile Explodes Away on Debut

The Singapore Turf Club reports that Te Akau Singapore trainer Mark Walker was in winning form yet again this weekend:

Favourite Speedy Missile
blasted his rivals with a thumping all-the-way win in the $75,000 Mr
Clint 2018 Stakes Restricted Maiden race over the mile on Saturday.

Truth
be told, the four-year-old son of Smart Missile pretty much had the
race shot to pieces from the moment he kept pressing on from his wide
alley to take up the running.

From thereon in, jockey Vlad Duric,
who was returning from suspension, gave him a breather and once he
clicked him up for his final charge, his dozen of rivals could only
watch a clean pair of heels getting further and further in the home
straight.

Mark Walker's new ward for long-time client Dato Terry Lee romped in by five lengths from Special Ops (Zy Nor Azman) with Pasir Pinji (Krisna Thangamani) third another 1 ½ lengths away.

Backed down to $13 favouritism, Speedy Missile clocked 1min 35.79secs for the mile on the Short Course.

Runner-up
at his last two starts in similar RM races, while rising through the
trips from 1200m to 1400m, Smart Missile showed he was blessed with some
stamina with Saturday's account opener, a fact which surprised Walker a
little.

“He's probably not bred to run such trips but he won
easily at the distance today,” said the three-time Singapore champion
trainer.

“He's been building up nicely to the win. He got checked shortly at his last start and that cost him the race.

“When the other favoured runners (Alfares, Gnothi Seauton) were scratched today, I knew he'd be hard to beat.

“Vlad
gave him a great ride, he summed it up very well. They would have been
parked wide, but he kept rolling forward, and that was the key to the
win.

“It's fantastic to train another winner for Dato Lee. He's
one of the great gentlemen of racing and he along with his daughter
Teresa and partners like Ronald Lau have been great supporters of mine.”

Walker
said he had not worked out any future plans for Speedy Missile in the
immediate future. He will now give him a freshen-up before consulting
the racing programme again later in the year.

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