Stakes race double for Always B Miki

The big winners just keep on coming for Always B Miki with the stallion siring a stakes race double at Gloucester Park on Friday night, as well as a pair of impressive winners at Ashburtonʻs Magic Monday meeting.

At Gloucester Park the New Zealand bred 3-year-old Mister Smartee made it four wins from four starts on Australian soil, leading throughout in the Group 3 Western Gateway to take a comfortable three length win.

The New Zealand 2-year-old record holder over 1980m, Mister Smartee has now won five of his six lifetime starts.

Bred by Dancingonmoonlight Limited, he is out of the Stonebridge Regal mare Luna Danza, a daughter of the multiple Group 1 winner and New Zealand Aged Pacing Mare of the Year, Lento.

Taking The Miki completed a sweep of the nightʻs stakes races for her sire, with the WA Oaks winning daughter of Always B Miki prevailing in a tight finish in the $50,000 Group 3 The Schrader for fillies and mares.

It was her 11th win and took her earnings to $335,061.

Taking The Miki is out of the Bettorʻs Delight mare All American Dream.

At Ashburton on Monday, Cold Chisel and Aardieʻs Express continued to rack up the wins, with Cold Chisel franking his Harness Million victory with a win in a 2YO Sires Stakes heat, and Aardieʻs Express monstering a useful field of mares by more than six lengths in a 1:52.6 mile rate after racing four wide for a significant chunk of the race.