The Pearl Kelly Award is the most prestigious award for female participants in Victorian harness racing.
The award recognises the outstanding contribution to, or achievement within, the sport by a woman.
It was struck in acknowledgement of the woman who was Australia’s first licensed reinswoman in 1916 and once finished third on the Melbourne drivers’ premiership.
1999 - Dianne Davies
2000 - Kaye Mathews & Roma Pocock
2001 - Kerryn Manning
2002 - Jayne Davies
2003 - Elizabeth Clarke
2004 - Debbie Quinlan
2005 - Kylie Harrison
2006 - Jodi Quinlan
2007 - Lorraine Duffy
2008 -Tanya McDermott
2009 - D'Arne Bellman
2010 - Not Held
2011 - Natalie Rasmussen
2012 - Maree Caldow
2013 - Lisa Miles
2014 - Lisa McIlvride
2015 - Pam Wilson
2016 - Faye McEwan & Helen Head
2017 - Emma Stewart
2018 - Kate Gath
2019 - Kath Ford
2020 - Lorraine Barnes
2021 - Marg Watson
2022 - Anne-Maree Conroy (pictured)