Smoken Up is an Australian champion

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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.

Early racing career

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

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but the race was cancelled due to the

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2007-08

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

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pacer Slipnslide who had only been released from special equine influenza quarantine arrangements just before the race. In the

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he was second behind

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who had started from a 30 metres handicap and in the

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Final, which was hosted by Moonee Valley that season he was third behind Blacks A Fake and Divisive. In June 2008 the new

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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.

2008-09

Smoken Up's 2008-09 season was interrupted by injury. He did still manage to finish second to New Zealand pacer

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in the Len Smith Mile and win the feature race on the opening day of the new track at Melton near

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2009-10

In the 2009 Miracle Mile Pace Smoken Up finished second behind New Zealand horse

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. 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

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.

2010-11

Smoken Up won the 2010 Miracle Mile Pace defeating Blacks A Fake in a time of 1:50.3.It's Triggers Miracle Mile
www.mobilerolling.com, Retrieved 3 February 2016 It reduced the Australasian record of 1:50.9 set by Monkey King the previous year. He then won the South Australian Cup again before contesting the

which was hosted by

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in 2011 in March and April. Smoken Up won both his heats and in the final he led home an all-Australian finish beating

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n pacer Im Themightyquinn and Blacks A Fake from

. It was announced later in the month that Smoken Up had returned a positive swab and he was later disqualified with legal challenges not successful. On April 30, 2011 Smoken Up once again won the Len Smith Mile at

. This time the mile took only 1:48.5 which not only smashed his record set in the Miracle Mile Pace but it was the first time 1:50 had been broken outside of North America. He won 9 of his 13 starts in Australia for the season and $547,151. He was awarded the Australian Horse of the Year title but was stripped of the honour due to the Inter Dominion positive swab.

2011-12

Smoken Up travelled to Brisbane for the opening of the

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and finished second to Mr Feelgood at Albion Park in the

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. He travelled to New Zealand where he finished second in the

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behind

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and won the

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. He then won a second Miracle Mile Pace defeating Karloo Mick and Im Themightyquinn and the Victoria Cup. Smoken Up won the South Australian Cup with his regular driver Lance Justice replaced by Greg Sugars as Justice had recently broken his ankle and leg. Smoken Up travelled to Perth for the Inter Dominion at Gloucester Park following a track record win at Melton where he won in a 1:51.1 rate for 1740 metres. He was undefeated in his three heats of the series along with Im Themightyquinn and

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. However, in the final Smoken Up galloped effectively ending his winning chance. In April he won the Len Smith Mile at Menangle for the fourth time. He won 12 of 20 starts in Australia for the season and $1,084,957.

2012-13

In 2013 Smoken Up won his fourth South Australian Cup equalling the record for most wins in the race held by

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References

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