Hey Richard,
 
I could rent you a conus magnificus motivator.  I hear they work
better than a riding crop for making a lynx hit high gear...
 
Cheers,
 
 
 
Don
 
>
> The gambling was quite heavy. The Australians here will bet on anything
that
> moves. My Lynx was odds-on favourite. They all knew I had been training
him.
> I staked the bank on him as well.
>
> The great race was won by a nippy little Stolida, in a close photo-finish
> with two hydrodynamically streamlined Isabellas. Pirate Pete's Arabica
came
> in last. He tried to cheat by doping it with a drop of rum on its tail.
>
> All the cowries did very well, streaking along like yearling fillies.
They
> cleared the jumps like veteran steeplechasers. Except for my Lynx.
>
> My Lynx just stayed pat on the starting line.
>
> He didn't even budge.
>