But it has never embarked on legal action in the Supreme Court, which will take place against the backdrop of the looming autumn carnivals in both Melbourne and Sydney, while Racing Victoria also mulls a move of the Cox Plate to November in a bid to give clear air for the race.

Meanwhile, the immediate harness racing future of potential Miracle Mile star Mahomes is up in the air after his trainer Peter Russo launched a bid for a Supreme Court injunction to allow him to keep training throughout the Menangle carnival.

Russo, who prepares a small team based out of south-west Sydney, has taken Harness Racing NSW to the highest court in the state after the Racing Appeals Tribunal this week disqualified him for more than two years and seven months over a horse he prepared returning a positive swab in 2021.

The penalty had been reduced on appeal from three-and-a-half year and Russo had been training under a stay of proceedings since.

But with huge stakes available in the Chariots Of Fire and a potential Miracle Mile berth, Russo’s case is listed to be heard next Tuesday - only four days before Mahomes’ next group 1 target.

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Russo has pledged to fight the charge, believing he hasn’t broken any racing rule and wanted to challenge the Racing Appeals Tribunal’s finding of guilt in December before a penalty was decided.

He’d only been training for less than three years after returning from a five-year disqualification over harness racing’s green light scandal.

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