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WATCHING last month’s epic Brisbane Inter Dominion final inspired young NSW horseman Seaton Grima. Although the 23-year-old had made a big impression in his short time as a trainer and driver, Grima wants more. “How can you not watch a race like that and want to be part of it?” he said. “Watching Leap To […]
Harness Racing Australia has approved a reduction in the Stallion Registration Fee from the commencement of the 2026/27 breeding season to help pave the way for a new funding model to support the TAB Eureka. Earlier this year, HRA established a Working Group, which was commissioned to review the long-term funding model for the TAB […]
Harness Racing Australia has today announced the appointment of John Dumesny as its new Independent Chair. Following Friday’s Annual General Meeting in Brisbane, Mr Dumesny succeeds Graeme Campbell OAM, who concludes his six-year tenure after reaching the maximum term permitted under HRA’s Rules of Association. The appointment follows a national expression of interest and independent […]
Harness Racing Australia has today confirmed that the TAB Eureka will move to a new position on the racing calendar, with the world’s richest pacing race to be staged at Club Menangle on Saturday, 21 November 2026. The strategic move will see the TAB Eureka transition from its traditional September timeslot to late November, positioning […]
The final slot for the 2026 $1.25 million The Nullarbor has been announced, with Jeavons Racing selecting Justcallmemiki. A five-year-old gelding trained by Greg and Skye Bond, Justcallmemiki joins stablemates Minstrel and Golden Lode, who are representing the Team Bond #1 and Team Bond #2 slots. Prominent owner Kevin Jeavons had to quickly pivot in […]
The Governors Cup will be the last hit-out for Magnificent Storm and Mighty Ronaldo before next week’s The Nullarbor. In addition to the Friday night Gloucester Park feature, other highlights in Australia this week include the Mildura Pacing Cup and Menangle’s Golden Easter Egg for 3YO fillies. Gloucester Park (Friday, April 10) Race 5 This […]
Harness Racing Australia is calling for expressions of interests to be a slot holder for the next two editions of the TAB Eureka. Prospective slot holders must apply through the Expression of Interest Form, which will commence the application process. This process will include the bona fides of the applicant(s) (including all persons and organisations involved), […]
IT has been one of the great sibling harness racing rivalries. Since Swayzee first met and upset his younger half-brother Leap To Fame in the 2023 Blacks A Fake, they have clashed another eight times. The scoreline is firmly in Leap To Fame’s favour at 6-3. But you could argue they are three-all across the […]
The Advance Australia Strategy is set to be redesigned in 2026 as part of the next phase of its evolution. Introduced in 2023, HRA’s Strategy was developed to promote all aspects of the Australian harness racing industry – headlined by the TAB Eureka – and is primarily funded through the Stallion Registration Levy. Whilst the […]
Harness racing made a successful return to the far north today with the Auckland Trotting Club hosting a meeting at Ruakaka – the first for eleven years. “They seemed to have a good crowd on course which is nice. It was a case of turning up not knowing what to expect, but it looks like […]
Harness Racing Australia has unveiled its 2025 Joseph Coulter Media Award winners after another exceptional year of national coverage. The Joseph Coulter Media Award winners recognise the incredible contribution the national media make to the promotion of the Australian harness racing industry across all platforms. HRA CEO Richard Goodbody said this year’s nominees and finalsists should be extremely proud […]
Harness Racing Australia (HRA) are thrilled to announce the 2024 Joseph Coulter Media Award winners. HRA congratulates this year’s winners of the awards and are appreciative of those who nominated. Joseph Coulter Best News Story of the Year Goats get together to celebrate Chris Alford’s 8000th winner Written by Adam Hamilton and published on racenet […]
TRAINER-DRIVER Grant Dixon isn’t fazed by racing Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) at Melton just hours after he arrives in Melbourne. The champion pacer, who boasts 45 wins from 56 starts, is being flown down from Brisbane and doesn’t arrive in Victoria until early Friday morning. In a change of heart, Leap To Fame will […]
Top harness racing trainer Jason Grimson loves going bush with his stars. While Grimson trains at Menangle and boasts a string of mega wins, including two Inter Dominion and two NZ Cups, at major tracks, he is Young and remains a country lad at heart. It was highlighted late last year when Grimson, fresh from […]
What a difference a few days makes. WA raiders, Team Bond and Deni Roberts, had gun draws with their two Inter Dominion harness racing raiders on night one, but the tide abruptly turned for night two at Bathurst. “Thankfully with Minstrel we got maximum points on night one,” Greg Bond said. “It’s going to be […]
R Royal Port (Archangel) won for the third time in his past four Flamboro Downs Preferred starts with a wire-to-wire harness racing performance on a snowy Saturday (Nov. 30). Travis Henry implemented the gelding’s usual strategy, ordering gate speed, but he was looped by Insanity (Colin Kelly) on the first turn. R Royal Port quickly […]
Deni Roberts is coming in hot. The WA young gun they called the “Duchess” has driven five Group 1 harness racing winners – three of them this month. Now she launches her first Inter Dominion assault at Newcastle on Friday night with two horses, including her “favourite” Minstrel , who delivered the biggest win of […]
Master trainer Barry Purdon is growing in confidence he can add to his fantastic Chariots Of Fire harness racing record. Purdon won three of the first five Chariots Of Fires at the old Harold Park track – Ginger Man (1995), Franco Hat Trick (1998) and Holmes DG (1999) – then added a fourth at Menangle […]
Champion trotter Just Believe will (Orlando Vici) “give the others a chance” and bypass the next and third leg of Australia’s Trotting Masters’ series. The globetrotting hero reasserted his dominance with an almost unbelievable win in the second leg of the series, last Saturday night’s $75,000 Group 1 Australian Trotting Grand Prix at Melton. It […]
The already huge Menangle Saturday night harness racing meeting just went to another level. Speculation champion mare Ladies In Red (Mach Three) would chase a Miracle Mile became reality when connections accepted with her in one of the two qualifying sprints for the great race on Saturday night. Ladies In Red, who boasts 24 wins […]
Kate Gath is shocked, but in a really good way. Gath feared reigning Miracle Mile harness racing champ Catch A Wave (Captaintreacherous) – the best pacer she and husband Andy have trained – had fractured a leg in last night’s Geelong Rocket. But an extensive veterinary inspection this morning (Saturday) left Team Gath shaking their […]
Australia’s most exciting young pacer Never Ending (Sweet Lou) is this year’s first confirmed runner for the world’s richest harness racing event, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Club Menangle on September 7. Off the back of a stunning inaugural TAB Eureka won by recently retired star mare Encipher, Never Ending makes another important milestone for […]
Nathan Dawson’s remarkable season headlined Australian harness racing’s J.D. Watts Awards. Dawson continued the recent dominance of Queensland drivers on a national stage when finished 2023 with a staggering 413 wins, 142 clear of his nearest rival, WA champion Gary Hall Jr (271 wins). Then followed young guns James Herbertson (Victoria) with 252 wins and […]
Harness Racing Australia are pleased to announce the 2023 Globe Derby Awards – proudly sponsored by IRT. The Globe Derby Awards celebrate the sport’s leading sires. Bettors Delight added to his remarkable siring dominance by winning his 12 successive Leading Sire by Stakemoney Award with his progeny earnings prize money of $13,428,458. His outstanding performers […]
