As big as “dual Inter Dominion winner” sounds, there is something far greater at play for Leap To Fame.

Mark Purdon’s mind drifted back to his most enjoyable time in the game as he read through the new-look Victorian summer of racing.

What a time it is for Aussies abroad.

I’d like to think it was a relationship built on mutual respect. I certainly had loads of it for Greg.

How will history remember Catch A Wave?

What a fantastic boost to harness racing slot races have been.

Some horses just leave their mark on you and Tailamade Lombo did that more than most for me.

Victorian raiders will play a huge role again when New Zealand takes centre stage this week.

The Keayang Zahara team are the other big winners from The Locomotive’s exciting tilt at Sweden’s iconic Elitlopp next month.

Most immediately, the trip means one of Keayang Zahara’s major rivals in her first open-class target – July’s Brisbane Inter Dominion – won’t be there.

Do we need sprint lanes?

That’s a question we as an industry, especially in Victoria, need to genuinely ask ourselves.

Don’t assume, don’t listen to a few opinions, let’s do some serious homework on it.

It is Miracle Mile week, but it is also one of the biggest weeks in owner-breeder Peter Gleeson’s 55 years in the game.

The Maryborough-based Gleeson currently has 59 on his books, including 21 with Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin.

Regally-bred four-year-old Bay Of Biscay earned an invitation but connections were quick to turn down a Miracle Mile start following a spectacular effort to win Saturday night's $250,000 Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots Of Fire at Club Menangle.

Amongst the euphoria of the massively successful Ultimate Driver Championship, there was a clear message to the industry.

The dial has shifted, albeit just slightly.

As we rolled into 2025, most felt it would be another year of Leap To Fame dominance in our biggest races.

Just Believe’s historic NZ Horse of the Year crown could be a sign of things to come.

With NZ prizemoney on the rise and rich new races popping up, it’s a happy hunting ground for Aussie trainers.

While Hunter Cup winner Swayzee will miss the $1mil Miracle Mile, his trainer Jason Grimson has just landed the brilliant Captain Ravishing to target Australia’s premier speed test next month.

In a surprise twist, Captain Ravishing was flown back from Perth to Melbourne yesterday (Monday) and will join Swayzee on a road trip to Grimson’s Menangle stables later this week.

You could hear the groans go through Cranbourne a couple of years ago when the club’s Cup was moved to the week after the Hunter Cup.

Most feared it would be a disaster.

Young gun driver Cam Hart knows how to beat Leap To Fame and has a plan to do it again in Saturday night’s Group 1 Hunter Cup.

Hart drives Swayzee, the older half-brother to Leap To Fame, who famously beat him when they first clashed in a epic contest in the 2023 Group 1 Blacks A Fake at Albion Park.