WA Pacing Cup - 11/01/2013

[p plater]

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.

Disappointing Rod, you had to throw mud like that on a great horse, it appears you can't help yourself.

[aussiebreno]

Disappointing Rod, you had to throw mud like that on a great horse, it appears you can't help yourself.

So its not true he ran under markers pegs and got an irregular swab? :s

[clumsy]

I enjoy watching both pacers ITMQ for what he dose in WA and SU for what he can do to the opposition over this side. I would hate for petty jealousy to spoil the pleasure of watching and barracking for these two great horses. I also think that when ITMQ moves away from home he misses the training,especially jogging, on the heavy sand track pulling the heavy jog cart.

[Maorisidol]

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3200km - outdated track that your horse will struggle to get around - formidable local who takes the corners like a greyhound - suitable races at home to contest.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.

So true Barry.
You are not wrong at all, i have also come to that conclusion, pretty easy really. Take off the NZ ID prizemoney he was "given" and give it to the actual winner of that race,
convert most of his WA Cup prizemoney and Fremantle Cup money which is huge and the West Australian Pacing Championships oh sorry, the Australian Pacing Championships and replace all that coin for a regular Saturday night GP free for all money and you now have a real value of his stakes.
Now before the Quinn fan club jump down my throat, consider his competition this weekend...in the ID this year Quinn is equal favorite, then there are 20 horses in that betting market that come before you get to a Perth horse! So its a given that he wins this weekend and any weekend in Perth.

If i owned him i would be giggling all the way to the bank. He is master of that track, its a shame that the Perth ID was a bit of a no race with Trigger not taking part essentially and the other heat winners Reactor and Feelgood running totally out of character, in fact Feelgood undertook a vets exam after the race it was so poor.
In feelgoods heat the week before over same distance he ran the race 3 seconds quicker than the final, so the ability was there, but had a bad day on Final night. A shame that the 3 horses that could finally challenge Quinn on his hometrack with real competition didnt eventuate. Would have been great to see.
But thats racing folks...

[Mighty Atom]

I enjoy watching both pacers ITMQ for what he dose in WA and SU for what he can do to the opposition over this side. I would hate for petty jealousy to spoil the pleasure of watching and barracking for these two great horses. I also think that when ITMQ moves away from home he misses the training,especially jogging, on the heavy sand track pulling the heavy jog cart.

Hi Greg, one word - sensical

[Triple V]

Every other consideration & calculation aside, I just love ITMQ for his absolutely blazing high speed. If there's a bigger & better & more effective weapon to be used in a horse race than that which he & Jnr use so effectively...I'm yet to see it.

[Mighty Atom]

So true Barry.
You are not wrong at all, i have also come to that conclusion, pretty easy really. Take off the NZ ID prizemoney he was "given" and give it to the actual winner of that race,
convert most of his WA Cup prizemoney and Fremantle Cup money which is huge and the West Australian Pacing Championships oh sorry, the Australian Pacing Championships and replace all that coin for a regular Saturday night GP free for all money and you now have a real value of his stakes.
Now before the Quinn fan club jump down my throat, consider his competition this weekend...in the ID this year Quinn is equal favorite, then there are 20 horses in that betting market that come before you get to a Perth horse! So its a given that he wins this weekend and any weekend in Perth.

If i owned him i would be giggling all the way to the bank. He is master of that track, its a shame that the Perth ID was a bit of a no race with Trigger not taking part essentially and the other heat winners Reactor and Feelgood running totally out of character, in fact Feelgood undertook a vets exam after the race it was so poor.
In feelgoods heat the week before over same distance he ran the race 3 seconds quicker than the final, so the ability was there, but had a bad day on Final night. A shame that the 3 horses that could finally challenge Quinn on his hometrack with real competition didnt eventuate. Would have been great to see.
But thats racing folks...

It's because of this continual one eyed eastern states parochialism that I have to continually reply in negative overtones to uphold WA harness racing, WA horses, Gloucester Park etc
Get these facts into your head. ( all from WA )
1. Northerly - second highest stakes earner in Aust thoroughbred racing
2. I'm themightyquinn - second highest stakes earner in Australian harness racing
3. Miata - second highest stakes earner in Australian greyhound racing
So how's that for defying your eastern states logic, just goes to show that WA punches way above it's weight.

[clumsy]

Ash
You want to put down the horse because he comes from WA, which sees him racing for the best of prize money. You will never know how good he may have been if he had of been a NSW horse racing out of the McCarthy stable. I am sure he would have been one of the best horses in the eastern states.

[Triple V]

Unfortunately that has too often been the case Ron. Both WA & TAS have been sold short for a long time.

[G-Mac]

Every other consideration & calculation aside, I just love ITMQ for his absolutely blazing high speed. If there's a bigger & better & more effective weapon to be used in a horse race than that which he & Jnr use so effectively...I'm yet to see it.

Sensational isn't it?
As I said to a mate over there a little while ago, he has re-defined 'normal' on that track. Only the really special ones do that.