Will we see Im Themightyquinn clash with Smoken Up over the mile at Tabcorp Menangle later in the year in Australia's speed test, the Miracle Mile?

According to Gary Hall SNR, the trainer of Im Themightyquinn the Miracle Mile is not the main target for arguably Australia's fastest pacer.

Hall is keen to return across the Tasman and take on their best in the New Zealand Cup. There is nothing to stop Hall racing in both events, Smoken Up has done it for the past two years as has Monkey King but there are a few factors against Hall turning up in Sydney.

Hall has made no secret of his dislike for big track racing.

He finds it boring and his training methods are better suited to small tracks.

He has his horses screwed down harder than other trainers, he likes his horses rock hard fit and it allows them to do more work and outstay their rivals rather than outrun them, however that is not the case with Im Themightyquinn.

His best attribute is his straight line speed which would suit a track like Menangle however recent feature mile races there would suggest horses don't win coming from further back than fourth.

When the top horses are running 1:50 in front it becomes a mathematical impossibility for a horse to give the leaders two lengths at the quarter and run home over the top.

Smoken Up won last year's Miracle Mile from the death seat and Monkey King won the first running at Menangle when he lobbed into the 1-1 early in the race.

The Len Smith Mile has been won by Smoken Up twice and Changeover and they raced up front as well. Horses can win from anywhere on the track at Menangle but when the best hit the track the short history suggests horses need to be up front and that would not suit Im Themightyquinn.

Im Themightyquinn is off for a well deserved spell after his Inter Dominion campaign and strangely enough the only time he has missed a place all season is the Mount Eden Sprint as he attempted to gain an invite to last year's Miracle Mile!

When you look back at his season it has been unbelievable.

The Auckland Cup, WA Pacing Cup, Fremantle Pacing Cup, Cranbourne Cup, Bunbury Cup and two heats of the Inter Dominion have all been wins while he has also been placed second in an Inter Dominion final and third in the Hunter Cup, the Victoria Cup and the Auckland Free For All. It doesn't get much better.

There is plenty of water to flow under the bridge between now and then and I hope he is in Sydney at the end of November for the Miracle Mile but I have no doubt he will take some beating in the NZ Cup on the second Tuesday in November.

Luke McCarthy pulled the right rein with his two runners as he attempted to qualify Motu Crusader and For A Reason for the Chariots Of Fire.

I must admit I was a little surprised to see For A Reason in the final event last Friday night while Motu Crusader was in the Hondo Grattan Stakes attempting to qualify for Australia's biggest four year old event.

I spoke with McCarthy about it and he was quick to point out there were two reasons for the decision. Firstly he liked Motu Crusader and thought he had a good chance in the Hondo Grattan and secondly For A Reason had suffered a setback in March and needed the hitout on Friday night before lining up in this week's Paleface Adios Stakes.

Sure he was putting all of his eggs in the one basket and should something go wrong this Thursday night then For A Reason will miss out but after he dismantled a talented field last Friday its hard to see him missing the first five spots this week unless he breaks gear.

I got a little hot under the collar on In The Gig on Monday night in regards to the Chariots Of Fire.

I have had enough of reading and listening to people bagging the way the Chariots Of Fire is now being run.

Give the New South Wales Racing Club some credit, the race has been run every which way and in every time slot in the calendar and no one is ever happy. Can the current set up be any fairer to trainers across the country? In the past the club has invited horses to compete, people weren't happy with that so it announced qualification races with the first two horses past the post qualifying.

Then the club was bagged because barrier draws in the qualifiers had too much bearing on which horses qualified and which didn't so the club announced two qualification races with the first five horses past the post in both races making up the final field.

Now people don't want to travel to New South Wales three weeks in a row if they fail to make it the first time. Don't forget it is Australia's biggest four year old race, trainers and owners should be happy to gain a start.

What a massive weekend it is going to be coming up.

Good luck to the Dubbo club as it hosts its Carnival Of Cups meeting on Saturday night with the running of the Red Ochre Mares Classic.

Unfortunately due to the amount of travelling I will be doing this weekend I won't be able to attend the meeting and it will be the first Easter in four that I haven't spent in Dubbo.

The heats were run on Sunday and the racing was spectacular.

On Sunday the Carnival Of Cups rolls into Goulburn. I will be there for Sky and I am looking forward to the meeting because it will be the first time I have visited the track since it opened and finally it's off to Coolamon for the all trotters day on Monday.

Mark McNamara is back to call the races and I will be there too for Sky so make sure you tune in for all the action! It doesn't get any better catch you next week.