WA Pacing Cup - 11/01/2013

[Mighty Atom]

Good case in point was Lance jokingly suggesting the great pretender as ITMQ's entrance song - and the over the top defensiveness back from the eagles boys. All a bit of fun but not quite as friendly from the west if you know what I mean.

G'Day Barry again,
Yes, and Lance is one of those living in dreaded fear of the possibilty of ITMQ amassing more stake money than his beloved Trigger.
and I would not be surprised if Lance keeps racing poor old SU until he's 12 years old for this sole purpose.

[aussiebreno]

G'Day Barry again,
Yes, and Lance is one of those living in dreaded fear of the possibilty of ITMQ amassing more stake money than his beloved Trigger.

Quinny already has more.

[Mighty Atom]

With regards to ITMQ dominating over here there is this underlying fear by some in the east that the horse remaining sound could surpass the champ Blacks a Fake's stake earnings to become the world's greatest stakes winning pacer - perish the thought.

One things for sure if he does hes getting it easy isn't he. No disrespect to the other horses in WA but they are running for 2nd.

Hi Mary, absolutely true, but there is one way of maybe stopping the horse but no one wants to take up the challenge.

[p plater]

G'Day Barry again,
Yes, and Lance is one of those living in dreaded fear of the possibilty of ITMQ amassing more stake money than his beloved Trigger.

Rod, you must admit IMQ has the luck of the Irish.
Awarded the 2011 after swab irregularity and
Won 2012 after the 2 main opposition smashed each other on the first turn.
But thats racing, take the good luck when you can.

[dizzy]

Hi Dot, absolutely true, but there is one way of maybe stopping the horse but no one wants to take up the challenge.

Hi Rod, that one should be "Hi Mary"

[Mighty Atom]

G'Day Bailey,
No denying that but could you imagine the outcry if it was Quinny returning the irregular swab, we would never have heard the end of it.
I may be wrong but in the Inters I think you will find it was Smoken Up contacting Mr Feelgood. He's building up as an impressive CV as his racing career, Smashing into opposition; running under markers; returning irregular swabs.
Hate to be so harsh.

[Mighty Atom]

Hi Mary and Dot,
Apologise for that. Been in a keyboard frenzy all morning over here think I'll take a break and get my head back together.

[littlelenny]

I think the highest money earner is now Foiled Again from North America with $4,625,984. Quinny at 8 yrs of age has a good chance to go past that and if he does every Aussie will be proud of him.

In regards to Lance racing Smoken Up till hes 12, I think listening to Lances interviews that decision will solely be up to the horse he will tell him when hes ready to join Sokyola in the lush green paddocks of Victoria(or where ever champions retire)and from what we saw in the Victoria Cup and in the S.A Cup hes definetly not ready he still has that unbelievable will to win. I think Lance would be more driven by reading Paul's post about the joy and excitement that Smoken up brings to his son and all his other fans.

Rod no disrespect intended but Did Lance steal your pocket money in a past life?

[little fish]

I could be wrong here but take Quin out and are these monster dollar WA fields much stronger than a mid range Vic country cup race? Bendigo was definitely a stronger race than WA and for 1/8th the dollars.

Add that up - possible richest pacer on the planet - winning big bucks repeatedly against relatively poor fields - gets beat regularly in his biggest tests away from home - invincible against the poorer fields back home where he has earned most of his riches.

I thought last year's inter dominion was a bit of a joke. Tried to get into it but what do you do when it's run at midnight est, on a relic of a track that many horses would struggle to get round, and half the gun pacers in the land aren't even running in it. I would be happy if it never went back to WA again until they build a decent track over there.

3200km - outdated track that your horse will struggle to get around - formidable local who takes the corners like a greyhound - suitable races at home to contest. Not hard to do the maths.

[G-Mac]

With regards to ITMQ dominating over here there is this underlying fear by some in the east that the horse remaining sound could surpass the champ Blacks a Fake's stake earnings to become the world's greatest stakes winning pacer - perish the thought.

Who told you this Rod? Can you name any trainers or owners with this fear?
It's the first I have heard of it.
Do you speak with many trainers and owners over east?

As for inviting horses over. They will need to reschedule the series if that is the case.