Sunny future is assured for Inter Dominion

THE iconic Inter Dominion harness racing sequence will transfer to Queensland for 3 years and get a serious prize cash increase from subsequent yr.
Leap To Fame (Dan Costello Photograph)
After the upcoming NSW sequence, which begins on November 29, Queensland has secured internet hosting rights for 2025, ’26, and ’27 at Albion Park, the house of harness racing.
As a part of the Queensland deal, the pacing closing purse will soar from $500,000 to $1 million, whereas the trotting sequence to be run in conjunction shall be capped by a $400,000 closing, up massively from $150,000.
In one other main change, the Inter Dominion will shift to a brand new time slot because the centrepiece of the Queensland Constellations carnival in winter.
Subsequent yr’s finals shall be run on July 19, that means there shall be two Inter Dominions inside the subsequent eight months.
One other key distinction to the Inter Dominion, when it strikes to Queensland, would be the change from three rounds of qualifying heats to simply two.
Curiously, there shall be a “golden ticket” component to the sequence with the winner of the Group 1 Rising Solar – ought to it’s a four-year-old – getting a spot straight into the pacing closing. The Rising Solar for 3 and four-year-old pacers shall be run on the identical night time as the primary spherical of qualifying heats.
“The Inter Dominion is steeped in custom and boasts an extended and storied historical past with Queensland,” Racing Queensland CEO Jason Scott stated.
“Our homegrown superstars like Blacks A Faux and Leap To Fame are synonymous with the sequence, and we’re honoured to deliver it again for an additional three years because the centrepiece of the well-known Queensland Constellations.”
“We’ve been in a position to safe the occasion for 3 years because of a collaboration between present host companions, Racing Queensland, Harness Racing Victoria, Harness Racing NSW and Membership Menangle together with HRA.”
“The transfer from summer season to winter will guarantee Australasia’s finest standardbreds are on present in what is ready to be an exhibition of the most effective Queensland harness racing has to supply.”
Albion Park Chairman Greg Mitchell added: “The membership expects to construct on the excellent legacy of the Inter Dominion and might’t wait to welcome the easiest of harness motion, together with stars from Australia and New Zealand.”
Harness Racing Australia chairman Graeme Campbell OAM praised Queensland’s dedication to the good sequence.
“We’re delighted to work with Racing Queensland and Albion Park to provide the Inter Dominion a big prize cash enhance and a set ‘residence’ for 3 years from 2025 to 2027,” he stated.
“The Queensland Constellations in winter has grown significantly lately with a lot of innovation, and bringing the Inter Dominion into it should take it to a different degree.”
The Inter Dominion, first run in 1936, has been held in Queensland seven occasions.
Albion Park hosted final yr’s sequence for the primary time in 23 years, the place champion native pacer Leap To Fame gained the pacing closing on December 15.
Queensland’s reference to the Inter Dominion runs deep, with the mighty Blacks A Faux being the one four-time winner of the pacing closing. Remarkably, he contested six finals for 4 wins (2006, ’07, ’08 and 2010) and completed second in 2009 and 2011.
by Adam Hamilton, for Harness Racing Australia

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