Top Echelon's Mishani Renegade Stuns On Debut

Mark Smith - Sunday October 2

Chalk two up for a couple of Queensland stalwarts as Top Echelon joined Easy Rocking on the leader board for two-year-old winners.

Bedaub, a half-sister to Hinged, won the first race for the babies in the Pat O'Shea Plate at Toowoomba on September 26. Bedaub is one of five live foals from the 19th and penultimate crop of Wattle Brae Stud stalwart Easy Rocking.

At Eagle Farm on Saturday, the Les Ross-trained Mishani Renegade charged home to win the first metropolitan race for the two-year-olds in Brisbane.

The gelded son of Top Echelon comes from the 17th crop of 29 foals by Oakwood Stud's much-loved son of Umatilla.

One of four 'Mishani' horses in the race, Mishani Renegade defeated the heavily backed She's A Rogue (Nicconi) by a half-neck.

Supporters of the favourite were on good terms with themselves at the 100m before James Orman unleashed on Mishani Renegade.

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Felix The Scat, a first crop son of Mendelssohn (USA), was a further two and three-quarter lengths back in third.

Reported as sold for $12,000 from the KBL Thoroughbreds draft at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale, Mishani Renegade races for her breeder, Mike Crooks' Mishani Enterprises.

He is the fifth winner from as many foals from the Flying Spur mare Monicelli whose dam Donatella (IRE) (Sadler's Wells) is a sister to Group 1 Ascot Fillies Mile runner-up Dance to The Top.

Monicelli has a yearling filly by The Mission and was covered by the Group 1 winning son of Choisir again last spring.

The sire of cult favourite Our Boy Malachi and Group 1 Stradbroke Hcp winner River Lad, Top Echelon, lines up for his 20th book of mares this spring, having covered 16 in 2021.  

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Race Result - Glenfiddich At Aquis 2yo 1000m

Eagle Farm Track: Good(4) Time: 0:59.91
1
Mishani Renegade
- 2g Top Echelon (AUS) x Monicelli (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: James Orman 57
2
0.2
She's A Rogue
- 2f Nicconi (AUS) x Quelle Liaison (AUS) (Sequalo (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Munce Rdr: S T Collett 55
3
3.0
Felix The Scat
- 2c Mendelssohn (USA) x Miss Pocket Rocket (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Tnr: P & W Hulbert Rdr: Ben Thompson 57
4
3.3
Mishani Mystique
- 2f Kobayashi (AUS) x Real Mystique (AUS) (Real Saga (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: Adin Thompson 55
5
3.4
Mishani Metallic
- 2f Kobayashi (AUS) x Mishani Silva (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: Luke Tarrant 55
6
3.8
Heroic Eagle
- 2c Heroic Valour (AUS) x Vermont Eagle (AUS) (Octagonal (NZ))
Tnr: Sharryn Livingstone Rdr: Corey Bayliss 57
7
5.3
Revitup Charlie
- 2f Top Echelon (AUS) x Hannah's Wish (AUS) (Rothesay (AUS))
Tnr: T B Thomas Rdr: M Cahill 55
8
7.6
Mishani Valour
- 2g Heroic Valour (AUS) x Mishani Krishna (AUS) (Mahisara (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: M R Du Plessis 57
9
10.8
Avoids
- 2f Sidestep (AUS) x Despina (AUS) (Outback Prince (AUS))
Tnr: L G Ross Rdr: Ms T Harrison 55
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