The curtain is starting to come down on champion mare Ladies In Red’s glorious career, but she’s still got some Group 1 hunting to do.

Andy Gath is a lot more confident of winning the $1.25mil Group 1 Nullarbor than he was when he left home almost a week ago with stable star Catch A Wave.

The former Miracle Mile winner and millionaire pacer showed he was right on target for Australia's second-richest race on Friday night when he opened his WA raid with a terrific fourth from a back-row draw at Gloucester Park last Friday.

Now is the time for Victoria to double down. Trotting, as opposed to pacing, is Victoria’s point of difference and never has the climate been better to really drive that home.

Decades of sustained support, often against strong headwinds of negativity, have been rewarded for trotting in Victoria.

Champion trotter Just Believe headlines a team of five star Victorian horses chasing glory at New Zealand's richest ever harness meeting on Friday night.

Victoria's four best trotters – Just Believe, Callmethebreeze, Arcee Phoenix and Queen Elida – will tackle the inaugural $NZ600,000 TAB Trot at Cambridge Raceway, while Just Believe's multiple Group 1-winning stablemate Better Eclipse will give trainer Jess Tubbs and driver Greg Sugars the chance for a unique double in the $NZ1m The Race by Grins.

Champion driver Chris Alford has warned punters to drop off star trotting mare Queen Elida at their own peril.

Alford, who recently topped an Australasian record 8000 career wins, says Queen Elida is as good as any trotter he’s driven and getting back close to her very best just in time for Friday night’s stellar inaugural $NZ600,000 TAB Trot at Cambridge.

With an epic TAB Trot just days away in Cambridge, it seems perfect timing to start the debate over the best 10 trotters Australasia has seen since 2000.

Gifted Victorian pacer Rock N Roll Doo is out of the $NZ1mil Race By Grins.

But there is a silver lining to the heartbreak for owner Brendan James, trainer Mick Stanley and caretaker trainer Cran Dalgety.

A hoof abscess threatens to derail star Victorian pacer Rock N Roll Doo’s quest to win tomorrow week’s $NZ1mil Race By Grins at Cambridge,

Caretaker trainer Cran Dalgety had to scratch the former Victoria Cup winner from tonight’s $NZ60,000 Flying Stakes at Cambridge when he was “quite lame” this morning.

Redemption time starts on Thursday night for star Victorian pacer Rock N Roll Doo.

Owner Brendan James will be hoping it is third time lucky as far as chasing major NZ races goes.

Rock N Roll Doo had an unsuccessful NZ Cup campaign in late 2022 and then landed the "Aussie Lads" slot in last year's Race By Grins before health issues and form slump saw his trip aborted.

Victoria has a genuine chance of winning three major slot races in coming weeks.

With some of our “raiders” set to step-out in foreign territory later this week and others booked on flights out of town, it’s time to rate the seven stars flying the Victorian flag.

Trainer Jess Tubbs is looking at Melton's Saturday night meeting as the calm before the storm with her two stable stars.

It's the final "warm-up" before the Myrniong-based Tubbs and husband, Greg Sugars, embark on their third international racing raid in the past 12 months.

Seven Victorian horses will be on a mission to restore some pride to Victorian harness racing next month.

A disturbing statistic went largely unnoticed earlier this month when the Miracle Mile was run without a Victorian-trained contestant.

Past Miracle Mile winner and millionaire pacer Catch A Wave will be a surprise addition to the $1.25mil Group 1 TABtouch Nullarbor at Gloucester Park on April 19.

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.