Harness Wire

Australia’s premier sprint race will be run without Australasia’s fastest pacer following today’s shock news that Lance Justice has aborted plans to contest the Miracle Mile with Smoken Up. The Melton trainer-driver confirmed that the six-year-old was still suffering from an injury that had hindered his entire campaign and even if he was offered one of the remaining two invites for $500,000 Grand Circuit feature he wouldn’t be taking it up.