Michelle Ritchie presents Oakeys Choice first-up at Goulburn on Friday keen to see what's under the bonnet in the gelding's second tilt at the racing caper.

Trainer Michelle Ritchie has had to leave nothing to chance to ensure her stable star Blue Missile is ready to fire when he takes his place in Sunday’s $150,000 Newhaven Park South East Provincial Championships (1400m) at Nowra.

The $1.3 million The Kosciuszko is Michelle Ritchie’s target for five-year-old Blue Missile, but the gelding almost never made it to the track.

As tickets go on sale for this year’s $1.3m The Kosciuszko, Nowra trainer Michelle Ritchie is hoping someone out there is a fan of her front-running sprinter Blue Missile.