2017 Missile Stakes – What the jockeys said

Tom Baddock - Saturday August 5

Kris Lees quinellaed the $200,000 Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday but it wasn't the order that punters expected, with Invincible Gem getting the better of her more favoured stablemate Le Romain.

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Corey Brown partnered Invincible Gem to victory in the 2017 Missile Stakes. Photo: Steve Hart

Invincible Gem ($6.50) defeated Le Romain ($1.95fav) by 1-1/4 lengths with a further half neck back to Brett Cavanough's The Monstar ($8.50) in third.

This is what the jockeys thought of the performance of their ride in Missile Stakes.

Race 7 – Group II Missile Stakes (1200 Metres)

Place	Horse	Jockey	Comment
1st	INVINCIBLE GEM	Corey Brown	She was good. They didn't go fast and I obviously had the stablemate and favourite posted three wide outside but once he elected to go he gave me a great suck up the rise. She was all over the winner once we got to the 300m. She's a lovely horse but her record speaks for itself. She's got a lot more decent wins in front of her for sure.
2nd	LE ROMAIN	Glyn Schofield	He settled just on the speed but his barrier dictated where he was going to end up. He produced nicely but just couldn't match the filly at the end.
3rd	THE MONSTAR	Josh Adams	Big run at weight-for-age. We're against quality horses and he's had a long prep and hard runs. Just glad he came back here and did everything right. He's a lovely horse.
4th	BOSS LANE	Andrew Adkins (a0)	Top run. He had everything go his way. It would have been interesting if he had the same run on a dry track. Top effort. He wasn't beaten far by Le Romain.
5th	HARPER'S CHOICE	Jason Collett	Worked home nicely.
6th	TYCOON TARA	Kerrin McEvoy	She missed the start which had her behind the eight ball. We were out of it after the start.
7th	MEMES	Rachel King (a0)	Pretty good run stepping in company. Just didn't get the run.
8th	JUNGLE EDGE	Kevin Forrester	Needs it wetter.

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