Reply With QuoteI forgot to add..... I AIN'T KNOCKING HIM !!!!!!!! HE'S A SUPERSTAR!!!! But Australias fastest horse ?
From papers day of barrier draw last years Miracle Mile
Hall Sr feels Im Themightyquinn is more lethal since the Inter Dominion and is banking on the race to be run at a solid tempo that will allow his powerful pacer to finish over the top of his rivals.
"If he draws a bit wide we will have to go to the rail and a couple might get in our way when we need to get going," he said.
"He is in good form, I can't fault him, he is going better than he was in the Inter Dominion series so he is probably worth a shot and that is why we are coming.
I forgot to add..... I AIN'T KNOCKING HIM !!!!!!!! HE'S A SUPERSTAR!!!! But Australias fastest horse ?
I think without a doubt that ITMQ is Australia's and New Zealands fastest sit and sprint horse of all time; theoretically you cant get much faster. I've seen some brilliant sit and sprint horses over the decades - Koala King, Markovina, Mont Denver Gold, but none of them could come from the rear and sustain their sprint for 5 to 600 metres in top fields and win.
I'm not sure what happened but I didn't think he looked right throughout his 4 runs in the east. I'm not knocking the horse but he couldn't hold out Karloo Mick ( a ten yr old) for second and how many times do you think that would happen?. I think you can look forward to the New Zealand Cup in November when I'm Themightyquinn will head the younger generation of horses. Im sure the two old warriors Mr Feelgood and Smoken Up would have put the cue back in the rack by then.Originally Posted by Toohard
He differs from the norm of a top grand circuit horse. Majority of the top GC horses are of the Smoken Up, Blacks A Fake mold were they stay all day and run races at a genuine tempo which takes the sprint out of a horse like Imthemightyquinn. That's why Imthemightyquinn is so good, he can go as quick as he can off a slow tempo as a fast one. I do believe that GP makes his sprint look better than perhaps it is. He handles that track better than any other horse and with horses who aren't used to that track maybe getting around the bends worse than normal, he just has lengths on them. He can run 26 quarters around the bend there, only horse in the world that probably can. Menangle however there are a lot of horses that can do that. I believe that around menangle Imthemightyquinn and Smoken up a their best that Smoken up would come out on top but I could very well be wrong and would love to see them both I top form come miracle mile time.
What is this based on?
Snr confirmed from NZ this week that his next mission is NZ Cup in November.
The actual sectional times he ran in the ID heats, and the relative speed to the other grand circuit horses he competed against........in the 3rd set of heats his final 800 metres was 2 seconds faster than any other heat run that night, and he was not on the fence........Leaders final 800 metres in 55.7 seconds, and he reeled off a quarter in 29.0 3 wide the 400 before that. In the final he waited until the 400 metre mark, giving the other runners approx 12 metres and went 4 & 5 wide to hit the lead turning for home! On the fence his times would be even quicker!
I understand now your reasoning but races are longer than 800m and his racing style will not allow him to be on the fence.
So he is the fastest 800m pacer in Aust providing they don't go quick up front. Like the NZ Inter final
Hahaha, not that burnt out. I meant out of the gate!
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