A month ago, Andy Gath feared his star pacer Catch A Wave was facing a long stint on the sidelines.

Now he’s buzzing about his return to the racetrack at Melton on Saturday night.

It was feared the 2023 Miracle Mile winner and millionaire pacer had badly injured a leg, maybe even broken a pastern, after finishing second in the Geelong Rocket on February 23.

“Obviously the main target is the big new race, the TAB Trot, on April 12, but we’ll head across in time for a lead-up, too,” Lilley said.

Superstar trotting mare Queen Elida will cap her preparation for a feature race raid back “home” when she steps out at Melton on Saturday night.’

Trainer Brent Lilley confirmed the five-year-old, who is chasing her fourth successive win and the 35th of his stellar 61 start career, was booked a flight back to her homeland, New Zealand, next Wednesday.

“Obviously the main target is the big new race, the TAB Trot, on April 12, but we’ll head across in time for a lead-up, too,” Lilley said.

Since Leap To Fame’s completed the Triple Crown with his epic and historic Miracle Mile win, the burning question has been where it ranks him with the greats of harness racing.

Champion trotter Just Believe returns for his one and only lead-up race at Melton on Saturday night before another huge international challenge.

The eight-year-old proudly flew the Aussie flag with three fantastic runs against some of the world's best trotters in Sweden through May/June last year.

Slot races are helping put harness racing back on the map.

When they were first mooted for Aussie and NZ harness racing a few years back, views were mixed to say the least.

Now we would be lost without them.

Third generation driver Ewa Justice channelled her family's harness racing history when she teamed with veteran pacer Modern Bliss for her first Group 1 win in last night's $150,000 Tasmania Cup in Hobart.

Queensland sensation Leap To Fame isn’t just the best horse in this part of the world, he is the most important, too.

It takes more than sheer talent to get mainstream cut-through, but that’s exactly what Leap To Fame is starting to do in Australia and he will soon carry that to NZ

The quest to end New Zealand’s hiatus in Chariots Of Fire dominance is certainly in the right hands.

Kate Gath is shocked, but in a really good way.

Gath feared reigning Miracle Mile champ Catch A Wave – the best pacer she and husband Andy have trained – had fractured a leg in last night’s Geelong Rocket.

Star four-year-old The Lost Storm’s interrupted start to 2024 has taken another twist.

The multiple Group 1 winner has been scratched from his planned comeback race in a heat of the Tasmania Cup at Hobart on Sunday night.

Life has changed for Catch A Wave and it's “tough love time” for the reigning Miracle Mile champion.

It is often said that champion horses bring people to the track.

That’s hard to argue with, but an even better people-puller is great rivalries, in harness racing as much as any sport.

Lucky Matty Craven is a patient man.

For the abundance of talent pacer Fides has, he would have gotten to the bottom of most trainers.

But Craven, with the support of the passionate Lewis clan, who owns much of Fides, refused to give up.

The rematch is on.

As much as it was great to have pacing sensation stick around after the Hunter Cup and go to Cranbourne, the thing most people left Hunter Cup night wanting was to see Just Believe try and get revenge on Callmethebreeze.

Their epic stoush in Australia’s biggest trotting race – the Group 1 Great Southern Star – stole the show.

Superstar trotter Just Believe has bounced out of a rare and brave defeat and is raring to go again.

Trainer Jess Tubbs, who justifiably oozed pride in his fighting second to exciting European import Callmethebreeze in last Saturday night’s Great Southern Star, confirmed a rematch was on the cards in the $75,000 Group 1 Grand Prix at Melton on February 24.

Popular trainer David Aiken has a million reasons for staying in Victoria longer and taking on champion pacer Leap To Fame in Saturday night's $100,000 Group 2 Cranbourne Cup.

Aiken, who will move to spend most of his time training out of Menangle, decided to postpone the move a few days after his stable star Max Delight ran a slashing third to Leap To Fame in last Saturday night's $500,000 Hunter Cup.

As star mare Encipher recovers from a broken leg, owner-breeder Tyson Linke is looking ahead to her next chapter.

Linke confirmed the five-year-old had run her last race after last week’s successful surgery on a broken pastern sustained during her win in the Group 2 Alabar Bloodstock Ladyship Cup at Melton on January 27.

Leap To Fame's most important win yet has earned him an extension to his Victorian raid.

The Queensland sensation added the iconic $500,000 Group 1 Hunter Cup at Melton last night to his Inter Dominion crown, taking another step towards greatness.