Miracle Mile 2024, Chariots of Fire and MM Qualifying Races

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Originally Posted by Messenger

My problem with the MM and all mile racing is how important barrier draws can be
What odds would Leap To Fame be if he had drawn 2?
Whatever became of the angled mobile barrier experiment?

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Would bringing it back to six starters make a difference? I use to like the invitational aspect to the MM. Now it seems like it is just another race.

I contemplated that too but I think that in all likelihood that would result in single file and nobody prepared to go to the death
As it is now, nobody other than an iron horse like LTF is going to want the death but with 8 the last two when the field settles after the start, know that they cannot win from there (unless there has been a war on up front) and can sometimes figure that if they go to the death early, there is a chance that someone else will still come around (and give them cover). Generally you need horses rotating into the death to get any pressure on the leader

Hearing that barrier 7 and 8 have never won the MM - that is an argument for just 6 starters

No.7 is an excellent barrier :D
Don't you love it when the BEST horse wins

The premier sires came to the fore last night

Art Major 3 wins
Bettors Delight 2 wins
Captaintreacherous 2 wins
Sweet Lou 1 win

LTF - great horse/great win but unlike the other two horses that won the Triple Crown (which I didn’t know was a thing) he hasn’t won any race of note on a half mile track, to the best of my knowledge. Maybe a trip West re the 2024 Nullarbor could address this anomaly. Interesting that the other two TC winners are Western Australian (according to the reports) and from a time when many horses would travel to participate in the big eastern state races (and many interstates would travel to WA).

Also the Stewards reports are not up yet, is that normal?

Re MM final thoughts- I wasn’t too far off with my roughy prediction re 2nd horse. Naturally I backed the wrong outsider and did my dough! I hope other posters backed LTF though.

Not sure about NSW stewards reports but Vic metros can sometimes take days