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Australia’s leading harness racing mare Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) defeated Leap To Fame in what turned out to be one of the most exciting editions of the $1 million Group 1 Ladbrokes Inter Dominion Pacers Final at Albion Park on Saturday night. Before the race the draw gave Captains Mistress an advantage as Leap To Fame […]
The Inter Dominion Championship Finals will be held at Albion Park on Saturday night. Here is our Albion Park preview, covering all 10 races on the card. A total of five Group 1 events will be staged on the final night of the Queensland Constellations. Leap To Fame clashes with Captains Mistress in the pacing […]
On the 18th July the Grand Final of the 2026 edition of the Inter Dominion Series will be conducted at Albion Park in Brisbane. The Inter Dominions commenced in 1936 at Gloucester Park in Perth and remains today as the pinnacle of Harness Racing achievement in the Southern Hemisphere. That first Inter Dominion Series conducted […]
Track records come and go, but history lasts forever. That is the mantra of the Grimsey harness racing stable when they reflect on Golden Sunset’s (Skyvalley) remarkable Inter Dominion achievement this time last year. Even, 12 months on from the feat, it is still hard to fathom. With the Shawn Grimsey-prepared Golden Sunset claiming a […]
THE rise of Queensland harness racing has never been more evident than this next chapter of the sport’s most iconic event, the Ladbrokes Inter Dominion. Led by the amazing Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight), arguably the greatest pacer this part of the world has seen, Queensland has dominant favourites in both the $1 million pacing […]
It’s twenty five years since Taranaki pacer Yulestar (Cameleon) won the Interdominion at Albion Park. In the $622,000 final, Yulestar had to be good to win. With a lap to run he was trapped away on the inside, well off the leaders, but the gaps started to open when those up front sprinted hard off […]
The road to another Inter Dominion harness racing campaign has been confirmed for classy Victorian trotter Parisian Artiste (Love You). The talented eight-year-old took another important step in his return to racing with a close third in a strong Shepparton trial on Thursday night – and trainer Alex Ashwood has declared he will line up […]
STAR Tasmanian pacer Triedtotellya typifies what the Inter Dominion is all about. The gelding probably can’t win the $1 million Brisbane Inter Dominion final on July 18, but connections are just desperate to be part of the iconic series. “I’m getting on, I may not get another horse good enough to have a crack at […]
The Shawn Grimsey-trained square gaiter Golden Sunset (Skyvalley) made a welcome return to the harness racing winner’s circle last Saturday night at Albion Park. Faced with a big handicap over the 2138 metre journey, the mare’s good racing manners and a sharp turn of speed helped her find winning form at the right time with […]
Popular Ararat harness racing horseman Michael Bellman is trying not to get too far ahead of himself. But as exciting trotter Mecarno (Tactical Landing) prepares to return to racing at Melton this Saturday night (June 6), Bellman admits it is becoming increasingly difficult not to dream about a shot at some of the country’s richest […]
The start of the Brisbane Inter Dominion is just over a month away. The question most are asking is whether a third crown is there for the taking for Leap To Fame.? The all-time great won his first title in December 2023, missed the 2024 series with a health setback (Don Hugo won that) and […]
The Michael Stanley-trained and reined Ubetcha Tigerpie is without doubt one of the most improved harness racing horses currently racing in New South Wales. He proved his potential by racing his way through to open grade in Victoria before Stanley moved his family to Sydney, relocating his training operations to Club Menangle’s training precinct. Ubetcha […]
NSW has the quantity but may lack the quality to successfully defend either Inter Dominion harness racing title at Albion Park tomorrow (Saturday) night. It was a golden year for the home state horses when the NSW-trained Don Hugo and The Locomotive won the pacing and trotting finals respectively at Menangle last December. Don Hugo […]
NOT even the worst possible barrier draw should stop champion pacer Leap To Fame from winning a second Inter Dominion pacing final at Albion Park next Saturday night. Trainer-driver Grant Dixon initially shook his head in disbelief when Leap To Fame drew gate one, after having barrier eight (inside the back row) in both qualifying […]
New mum Tayla French is balancing nappies and race nights, and taking it all in her stride, as she sets her sights on harness racing’s toughest stage with Victorian Inter Dominion trotting contender Parisian Artiste. After making a remarkable return to race driving at Melton in May when baby Levi was only four weeks old, […]
THE barrier draws have given the Kiwi harness racing raiders their chance to make statements on Inter Dominion opening night at Albion Park on Saturday. The biggest winner was young trotting star Bet N Win (What The Hill), who snared the pole in the second of the two trotting heats. In contrast, his main danger […]
New Zealand’s hopes of winning next month’s Inter Dominion trotting series in Brisbane have soared with two star Aussies set to miss the series. Boom four-year-old mare Keayang Zahara (Volstead), who is well known to Kiwis, and the gifted Susan Is Her Name (Sebastian K) both won’t be at Albion Park. Susan Is Her Name, who […]
More than 150 of Australasia’s best standardbreds are in the hunt for the prestigious Ladbrokes Inter Dominion Championship. One of the world’s premier harness racing events will call Queensland home again in 2025, headlined by arguably the greatest pacer on the planet, Leap To Fame, chasing his second Inter Dominion title in his home state. […]
New Zealand interest and participation in the Inter Dominions is set to soar when it returns to Brisbane in July. The much more suitable new timeslot, huge prize money boosts and a “friendlier” format are all sure to be attractive to Kiwi trainers and owners. Racing Queensland today (Tuesday) announced the Pacing Championship division will […]
Brilliant four year old Don Hugo (Art Major) capped off a wonderful year when he outstayed his harness racing rivals to take out the Group 1 $500,000 Inter Dominion Pacing Final at Menangle Park last night. A solid favourite Don Hugo was expected to take the lead but instead driver Luke McCarthy elected to ease […]
The most exciting trotter in the land currently, The Locomotive (Muscle Mass), again gave another breathtaking harness racing display taking out the $150,000 TAB Inter Dominion Trotters Final at Menangle Park last night. In a virtual copybook of last week’s Heat, The Locomotive found the lead with Keayang Chucky taking the trail in a stalking […]
The lone mare in Saturday night’s $500,000 TAB Inter Dominion Pacers Grand Final at Tabcorp Park Menangle might bring a few of the ‘boys’ undone. My Moonlite Dream has been tipped as the early leader in the Group 1, leaving her harness racing trainer-drive Seaton Grima with quite a decision. Certainly, the mare, a $14 […]
There are very few feats in harness racing that Sydney trainer, driver Luke McCarthy has not achieved, but one race that has eluded him throughout his illustrious career is the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship Final. Known as one of the best big race reinsmen worldwide, McCarthy appears likely to get his best chance yet to […]
The Locomotive (Muscle Mass) may start an odds-on favourite for the $150,000 TAB Inter Dominion Trotters Final after drawing gate four for next week’s showdown at Club Menangle. The star mare expected to be his major hurdle, Queen Elida, draw right beside him in gate five, ensuring the final should be a real battle of […]
