Quote Originally Posted by Mighty Atom View Post
Well I think Mr Jeavons may have learnt his lesson from the last 2 W.A. Pacing Cups and as for all the talking up from Dean Braun regarding Mustang Mach,well obviously he thought he had more chance winning the Bendigo Cup. The other 2 star Victorians Smoken Up and Caribbean Blaster choose to race for a paltry $ 125,000 in the S.A.Pacing Cup when they could have travelled a bit further west and raced for $ 400,000. Please no excuses about blaming the track at G.P. because Globe Derby is also an 800 metre track.
As I have said before about the distances W.A. horses have to travel interstate and then have to travel back by float (ITMQ) because of uncertainty of flight arrangements - what a joke. Of all the STARS racing in the east not one had the temerity to travel to W.A.
Your are right when you say the uncertainty of flights makes it difficult to plan such a trip unless you travel weeks ahead of any race to give the horses time to recover. This is obviously why IMQ doesn't contest the big races in the eastern States regularly. There was talk years and years ago about racing getting their own plane.

Then again, maybe the chance of Jnr knocking them over and risking maybe a $900 fine just not worth their risk with valuable horses.