http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=17048

When you flog an old article (hope it's his own old article; not someone else's because that is even worse) it's best to at least edit parts. Quantum Lobell still holds the Australian Mile Record of 1.53.1 set in the 1997 Newcastle Mile. According to Ross Giggs the "record still stands today".
C'mon; Smoken Up was stripped of the Inter not his Mile record (not to mention the numerous other horses to have broken 1.53.1)! Even Pay Me Christian's 1.52.8 in 2006 Newcastle Mile!