Passionate trots fans have been given an all-access pass to the 2023 Victorian Harness Racing Awards.
Last year’s brilliant equine athletes will be lauded as will recipients of the state’s premier individual honours such as the Gordon Rothacker Medal and Pearl Kelly Award during Saturday night’s function at Melton which will be broadcast at TrotsVision.com.au.
The event will run alongside Saturday night’s blockbuster 10-race card from Victorian harness racing headquarters, which is headlined by the Dynamic Print Blacks A Fake Free For All and Hip Pocket Castlemaine Matriarch Trot.
Coverage of the evening begins at 4.37pm, with Bronte Nieuwenburg, Tim O’Connor and Luke Humphreys to guide you through the racing while Ryan Phelan hosts the awards function in the owner’s room at Melton.
RUN SHEET
R1 DYNAMIC PRINT BLACKS A FAKE FREE FOR ALL 4.59pm
2YO Pacing Filly of the Year
2YO Pacing Colt/Gelding of the Year
2YO Trotting Filly of the Year
2YO Trotting Colt/Gelding of the Year
R2 TAB WE'RE ON PACE 5.30pm
3YO Pacing Filly of the Year
3YO Pacing Colt/Gelding of the Year
3YO Trotting Filly of the Year
3YO Trotting Colt/Gelding of the Year
Metropolitan Driver of the Year
Victorian Concession Driver of the Year
Garrard’s Victorian Driver of The Year
R3 SULKY.APP METROPOLITAN PACE FINAL 5.57pm
4YO Pacing Mare of the Year
4YO Pacing Entire/Gelding of the Year
4YO Trotting Mare of the Year
4YO Trotting Entire/Gelding of the Year
The Pearl Kelly Award
R4 HIP POCKET CASTLEMAINE MATRIARCH TROT 6.25pm
Victorian Trainer of The Year
Taylors Metropolitan Trainer of the Year
Aldebaran Park Victorian Trotting Broodmare of the Year
Benstud Standardbreds Victorian Pacing Broodmare of the Year
Woodlands Stud Victorian Breeder of the Year
R5 ALDEBARAN PARK TROT 7.02pm
Aged Pacing Mare of the Year
Aged Pacing Entire/Gelding of the Year
Aged Trotting Mare of the Year
Aged Trotting Entire/Gelding of the Year
Lang Distinguished Services Award
R6 RENOWN SILVERWARE PACE 7.35pm
Caduceus Living Legend
R7 AUSTRALIAN PACING GOLD PACE 8.08pm
Victorian Horse of the Year
R8 BENSTUD STANDARDBREDS 3YO PACE 8.40pm
Gordon Rothacker Medal
R9 HYGAIN PACE FINAL 9.07pm
R10 ALLIED EXPRESS TROTTERS FINAL 9.37pm