News Article - Australian Harness Racing

Bonnington: Trotting giants set to rule at Vic harness headquarters

25 March 2023

No other racing code, scratch that, no other sport is organically partitioned quite like harness racing.

Well, southern hemisphere harness racing at the very least.

Unlike Europe, where trotting – or squaregaiting – possesses exclusive dominion over what harness racing represents, Australia and New Zealand are very different indeed.

Here, harness racing is, quite genuinely, two different disciplines: trotting and also pacing.

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