Bonnington: Trotting giants set to rule at Vic harness headquarters

25 March 2023
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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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