Aussie trainer David Aiken is far more interested in his horses than the history books heading into the greatest race of the pacing season.
Aiken looks to be the biggest, and some would say only, judder bar on Mark Purdon's road to success in the A$750,000 Miracle Mile at Menangle in New South Wales on Saturday night, with two huge chances in Lennytheshark and Hectorjayjay.
Both won their preludes last Saturday night and in most other years Aiken would be considered to have a stranglehold on the Mile.
But he has two problems - Purdon has three in the Mile, and both of Aiken's runners in the field have drawn wide.
Only Have Faith In Me has come from outside barrier four to win a Miracle Mile since the race moved from Harold Park to Menangle in 2008, so both Aiken's stars are drawn in the badlands.