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Racing fans mourning this season's Miracle Mile, which would usually be held tonight, have a thrilling replacement to look forward to tomorrow night.
The Sydney super-sprint won't be held this season because of equine influenza but three of the stars who would have lined up in it will instead clash in a four-horse cracker at Albion Park in Brisbane.
While it is only a A$11,000 mobile over 2138, the event will host dual Interdominion champion Blacks A Fake, dual Miracle Mile winner Be Good Johnny, millionaire Slipnslide and exciting five-year-old Atomic Ark.
Remarkably, the four starters have combined for 119 career wins and nearly A$4.5million in stakes, figures that would do any Miracle Mile proud.
And understandably, the quartet scared off other potential rivals, leaving a field resembling something like the six-horse Miracle Miles fields of the past.
All four horses are using the race as a lead-up to the Christmas Cup next week, which provides free entry into the Interdominion semifinals in February.
With the luxury of a race under their belts, Blacks A Fake and Slipnslide would seem to have the advantage but Be Good Johnny is an exceptional sprinter and brilliant fresh-up.
And the small field means he will be no worse than two lengths off the leader at the 400m mark.
There is another factor making the race even more intriguing.
Blacks A Fake will be driven by trainer Natalie Rasmussen while her fiancee, Grant Dixon, drives Atomic Ark.
And to counter that Be Good Johnny will be driven by trainer John McCarthy, whose son Luke trains and drives Slipnslide.
The race will be the highlight of a huge night of harness racing in Australia as it slowly shakes off the EI shackles.
In Victoria, veteran star Sting Lika Bee gets the benefit of a front-line draw in the Cranbourne Cup, while Australia's two best trotters, Sundon's Gift and Acacia Ridge, clash for the first time.
