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Defence Missile: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Defence Missile is a 4-year-old gelding by Sottsass, trained by Linda Perratt. He has won 1 of 17 starts and placed in 2 more, for £10,495 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 1 win from 5 is a 20% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:07 at Musselburgh on 12 September. His best performance rating is 84, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 17
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 3
  • Strike rate 6%
  • Prize money £10,495
  • Best rating 84
  • Official rating 51

Where Defence Missile runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:07 Musselburgh No Napier No Party Apprentice Handicap Stakes —

Defence Missile form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
2 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Stakes (Div II) Class 6 1m Standard 8 10.5 4/1 Tom Kiely-Marshall 51
1 Aug 26 Hamilton Wellman Cars Hamilton Handicap Stakes Class 6 1m 1f Good 8 18.25 10/1 Kaiya Fraser 51
25 Jul 26 Newcastle (AW) John And Ross Greenhill Handicap Stakes Class 6 1m Standard / Slow 1 — 22/1 Paddy Bradley 47
11 Jul 26 Hamilton Hampton By Hilton Hamilton Park Handicap Class 6 1m 0.5f Good 5 3.75 100/1 Finlay Bassett 50
30 Jun 26 Musselburgh Max Recycle Handicap Class 6 7f Good 9 24.5 25/1 David Allan 55
19 Jun 26 Ayr Millar Callaghan Engineering Handicap Class 5 7f Soft 8 23.5 80/1 Finlay Bassett 60
9 Aug 25 Ayr Paul's 50th Celebration Handicap Class 6 6f Good 6 9.75 16/1 Kaiya Fraser 64
23 Jul 25 Doncaster Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Soft 8 6.75 33/1 Tommie Jakes 66
21 Jun 25 Ayr Bridgend Motor Group Handicap Class 5 7f Good 5 4.5 10/1 Tommie Jakes 69
28 May 25 Hamilton Fixing Point Cladding Fasteners Handicap Class 4 6f Good 11 10.75 66/1 Tommie Jakes 72
10 May 25 Haydock Pertemps Network Handicap Class 4 1m Good To Firm 7 16.25 66/1 Paddy Bradley 76
13 Apr 25 Musselburgh Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap Class 3 1m 1f Good 8 17.5 50/1 Tommie Jakes 78
12 Sep 24 Doncaster Christmas Live At themovies At Doncaster Racecourse Nursery (Str) Class 4 1m Good 6 2.5 8/1 William Buick 79
21 Aug 24 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Nursery Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 4 3 9/4F Charles Bishop 80
13 Jul 24 Salisbury Byerley Stud British Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Good 3 3.25 11/2 George Downing –
22 Jun 24 Ascot Chesham Stakes (Listed) Class 1 7f Good To Firm 8 15.25 33/1 Daniel Tudhope –
17 May 24 Newbury ARC & Sky Sports Racing Support Starlight Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 2 3 9/1 Saffie Osborne –

Last time out

Finished 8 in the Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Stakes (Div II) at Newcastle (AW) on 2 September 2026. Sluggish start - settled at the back - angled left with 2f remaining then pressed for effort - lost ground inside the final furlong to finish well beaten.

Defence Missile by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 6 0 0%
8f 5 1 20%
6f 3 0 0%
9f 2 0 0%
8.5f 1 0 0%

Defence Missile by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 10 0 0%
Good To Firm 2 0 0%
Standard 1 0 0%
Standard / Slow 1 1 100%
Soft 1 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Defence Missile by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Hamilton 3 0 0%
Ayr 3 0 0%
Newcastle (AW) 2 1 50%
Musselburgh 2 0 0%
Doncaster 2 0 0%
Haydock 1 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0%
Salisbury 1 0 0%
Ascot 1 0 0%
Newbury 1 0 0%

Defence Missile breeding

  • Sire Sottsass (FR)
  • Dam Moranda (FR)
  • Damsire Indian Rocket (GB)
  • Breeder White Birch SC & Lynch Bages Ltd
  • Foaled 25 April 2022

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