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HARNESS Racing Australia chairman Graeme Campbell OAM today said he had reluctantly accepted the resignation of long-serving CEO Andrew Kelly. Kelly has spent 22 years across various senior roles in harness racing, including the past 17 years as HRA CEO. “Andrew’s leadership through many challenges has been outstanding,” Campbell said. “His commitment and professionalism has navigated […]
Chief Executive Officer of Harness Racing Australia – the peak national body for the sport – Andrew Kelly is understood to have resigned his position today. Kelly, 52, was appointed to the role in October 2008, succeeding Rod Pollock who retired after more than 11 years in the position. Prior to taking up the CEO […]
Australia will host the world’s richest harness race. In a lavish launch on Sydney Harbour today, Harness Racing Australia unveiled its newest race, the $2.1 million The TAB Eureka. The inaugural running will be run at Club Menangle over 2300m, starting on September 2, next year. The TAB Eureka prize money easily trumps the purse for iconic global […]
It’s not just the vibe which feels good in Australian harness racing, the most important statistics from last season back it up. The industry finished 2021 with a bang. In the first full season since it changed to a calendar year cycle, there were 14,720 races run, the highest since the 2013/14 season. The number […]
Australian harness racing’s Group racing system is set for a major overhaul. In 2023, there will much be much tighter guidelines around race classifications to ensure only our best races and open races are given Group status. The updated guidelines, which were approved by the Harness Racing Australia (HRA) Executive this month, will see the […]
A disturbing proposal put to Harness Racing Australia to charge a levy of 15% on all services sold for North American shuttle stallions and/or imported semen coming into Australia sent shockwaves throughout the breeding industry earlier this year. The whole concept was to inject $3.2 million into a couple of huge stake races for promoting […]
