Golden Missile
| Golden Missile | |
|---|---|
| Sire | A. P. Indy |
| Grandsire | Seattle Slew |
| Dam | Santa Cantalina |
| Damsire | Cure the Blues |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Bruce Lunsford |
| Owner | Frank Stronach & Milfer Farm |
| Trainer | Joe Orseno |
| Record | 25: 7-7-4 |
| Earnings | US$$2,194,510 |
| Major wins | |
| Cumberland Stakes (1998) Widener Handicap (1999) Skip Away Stakes (1999) Pimlico Special Handicap (2000) Stephen Foster Handicap (2000) |
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Golden Missile (foaled in 1995) is a multi-millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. Bred in Kentucky by W. Bruce Lunsford and raced under the Adena Springs banner for owner Frank Stronach, he had a record of 25: 7-7-4 with career earnings of $2,194,510. Golden Missile was best known for his wins in the grade one Pimlico Special and the grade two Stephen Foster Handicap.
Golden Missile only raced one time as a two-year-old finishing second and earning $4,100 for the year.
At age three Golden Missile was a modest horse showing some signs of improving, he won his first race by 2½ lengths in a maiden special weight at Hialeah Park Race Track. Then he made headlines and drew attention by winning an allowance race at Churchill Downs by 8½ lengths. He followed that up win in a nine furlong turf race in the Cumberland Stakes at Ellis Park winning by 5 lengths. He record as a three-year-old was (5): 3-1-1 for annual earnings of $90,470.
As a four-year-old, Golden Missile started his campaign at Hialeah in March 1999 and won the grade three Widener Handicap at nine furlongs over Early Warning, Sir Bear. He then took some time off and was freshened until summer. On the New Jersey beach, Golden Missile won his first start back at Monmouth Park Racetrack and won the $80,000 Skip Away Stakes by 7½ lengths. In August he shipped up to Saratoga and placed third in the $300,000 grade two Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap behind Running Stag and Catienus. Then in September he had a good solid performance in the $500,000 grade three Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, being nipped at wire by British invader Supreme Sound by a nose. Stronach and Orseno then decided to take on the world by entering Golden Missile in North America's richest race, the $4,000,000 Breeders' Cup Classic. He finished third in the grade one Classic to Cat Thief and Budroyale earning a show check for $364,000 that day. He finished 1999 with a record of (9): 2-2-2 for annual earnings of $838,240.
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