Quote Originally Posted by p plater View Post
Brendan, I agree with most of your comments but you forget Smoken Up ran a 1.49.9 in the Cordina and then a personal 1.51.1 the next week in the MM. Lance was reported to have said he wished he had of raced in the Coca Cola the week before as sub 1.50s 2 weeks in a row is a tough assignment.
Check out last years Miracle Mile thread if you want more extra reading of my opinion on this, but Beautide smashed Abettorpunt and Mach Beauty at Newcastle. Trigger laboured in beating them in the Cordina. The Miracle Mile result was justified. Lance talked up Trigger during the Mile week last year, then ran him 5 times in 5 weekends throught Jan/Feb earlier this year.
I fail too see how a top line horse having a gutbuster 1.50 is any different to the tonnes of average horses who gutbuster might be 2.01 but they go around week in week out.