History says Just Believe can successfully defend his Inter Dominion crown in Brisbane.

Much anticipation surrounds the star trotter's return to racing after his fantastic efforts against some of the world’s best trotters in Sweden during May and June.

Queensland officials must be a bit torn with Leap To Fame’s frustrating run of feature race defeats.

On one hand, he has quickly become a pin-up horse for harness racing – and even the broader racing industry for that matter – in the Sunshine State

We are just days away from Australia’s greatest extravaganza of racing and Victorian harness is a key part of it.

So much can change with this Pryde's EasiFeed Victoria Cup in the 12 days until it is run - for starters, we are still none-the-wiser whether long-time favourite Leap To Fame will be in the race.

There is still lots to play out with who makes this Pryde's EasiFeed Victoria Cup field let alone who wins it.

Leap To Fame is the raging hot favourite, but in the words of his trainer-driver Grant Dixon he is “50-50” of making the trip to Melton on October 14.

What a golden era of mares we are enjoying.

The stunning success of the TAB Eureka has created a wonderful and immediate opportunity for Victoria.

The TAB Eureka was everything those behind the creation of the race could have hoped for and more. It was as much a celebration of the sport as it was the launch of a new, headline race.

It's pretty cool to have the world’s richest harness race here in Australia.

The Victoria Cup just got so much better.

The build-up to the TAB Eureka has it all.

Change is hard. Change doesn’t always work, but those outside the harness racing bubble would argue it’s a lack of change or innovation that has seen its market share halve and relevance in the sporting landscape almost vanish.

Put a ring around August 4 in your diary.

There was a time when some argued Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin were flat track bullies.

Well, technically, the assertion was they were almost unstoppable in their own backyard, but somewhat reluctant to travel and vulnerable when they did.

Hasn’t that changed.

The scene is set for an epic first edition of the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka.

There is a real air of anticipation about Albion Park on Saturday night.

Only now has Jess Tubbs conceded the weight of a nation she and Greg Sugars felt taking Just Believe to Sweden.

And that’s why the heartbreak of the Elitlopp hit so hard, especially for Sugars who took the reins on Just Believe.

It is fair to say Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin have been reluctant travellers in the past.

But, buoyed by Ladies In Red’s dominant Group 1 Rising Sun win at Albion Park last year, there has been a real shift of mindset.