Smoken Up
| Smoken Up | |
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Tinted Cloud |
| Grandsire | In The Pocket |
| Dam | Carnlough Bay |
| Damsire | Camtastic |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 7 November 2002 |
| Country | Australia |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | SM & CM Dunlop EJ & DW Monk |
| Owner | A P Kay P G Gadsby A B Bonney M J Van Rens R J Kay V MacDonald L D Locastro |
| Trainer | Lance Justice |
| Record | 153:74-39-15 |
| Earnings | $3,607,985 |
| Major wins | |
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Miracle Mile Pace (2010, 2011) Len Smith Mile (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) South Australian Cup (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) New Zealand Free For All (2011) Victoria Cup (2011) Cordina Sprint (2013) |
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| Awards | |
| Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit Champion (2012) | |
| Honours | |
| First standardbred to break the 1:50 barrier outside North America Australasian Mile Record (three times) Smoken Up Sprint |
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| Last updated on 2016-02-06 | |
Smoken Up is an Australian champion Standardbred race horse bred in New Zealand. He was the first pacer outside North America to record a mile in under 1:50. He was known as Trigger.
Smoken Up began racing in New Zealand and had 10 race starts before his export to Australia. At age four he was ready to travel to Sydney for the Chariots of Fire at Harold Park but the race was cancelled due to the 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak.
In 2007-08 Smoken Up contested several of the most important races in Australia. In the Victoria Cup he was second to Robin Hood. He then won the South Australian Cup where he defeated Queensland pacer Slipnslide who had only been released from special equine influenza quarantine arrangements just before the race. In the A G Hunter Cup he was second behind Blacks A Fake who had started from a 30 metres handicap and in the Inter Dominion Final, which was hosted by Moonee Valley that season he was third behind Blacks A Fake and Divisive. In June 2008 the new Menangle Park Paceway opened and Smoken Up won the Len Smith Mile on the opening day in a time of 1:51.9 which was the fastest mile recorded in Australia or New Zealand at the time. He won 9 of his 22 starts for the season and $427,946.
Smoken Up’s 2008-09 season was interrupted by injury. He did still manage to finish second to New Zealand pacer Changeover in the Len Smith Mile and win the feature race on the opening day of the new track at Melton near Melbourne.
In the 2009 Miracle Mile Pace Smoken Up finished second behind New Zealand horse Monkey King. The race was run in a time of 1:50.8 which was the fastest mile in Australia or New Zealand to that time. After second places in both the Victoria Cup and South Australian Cup Smoken Up was third to Blacks A Fake and Monkey King in the Inter Dominion at Menangle. He then returned to Menangle in April to win the Len Smith Mile for a second year in a time of 1:50.9. Smoken Up won 8 of his 17 starts for the season and $442,244.
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