Published:
October 27, 2009 07:58 am EDT
No, he didn't win the Quillen last night at Harrington, but Mister Big roared around the final turn and paced his final quarter in :26.4, some fancy stepping for the Ontario-sired son of Grinfromeartoear.
His third place check nudged his earnings to $4,000,257.
The leading money-winning pacer is Gallo Blue Chip with earnings of $4,260,959, which he piled up in 133 starts. Mister Big's bankroll has been raked in with 84 trips to the starting gate, so his earnings per start are $47,622 while Gallo Blue Chip made $33,037 per start.
Neither can compare, of course, to the incredible career of Muscle Hill, a winner of 20 of 21 starts and $3,273,342.
Yes, folks, that's $155,873 per start, and that's more than paid his training bills.