Inter Dominion Trotting Championship

for winners of the pacing event see: Inter Dominion Pacing Championship

2007 Trotters Final winner Uncle Petrika taken immediately after his win

The Inter Dominion Trotting Championship Grand Final was a race for trotters within the overall Inter Dominion series. The series is held each year, and is a harness racing competition for both trotters and pacers that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand. The host of the series is rotated between the 6 harness racing states of Australia and the North and South Islands of New Zealand. However, in recent years the Trotting series has mainly been held in Victoria with other Australian states reluctant to host the series. It forms part of the overall Inter Dominion series for pacers and trotters.

The rotation of the Championships is fixed annually at a meeting of the Council. It is fixed five years in advance. It is held in New Zealand once in each four years. The Championships are held once in each racing year at a time and venue approved by the Council by the completion of the Championships in the preceding year. The Grand Circuit race is not held at the same time as the Championships.

A meeting with leading Australasian harness racing officials led to a decision that the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship would be discontinued after 2012. Several new major trotting races have been created to replace the series, most notably the Great Southern Star at Melton in March, which will be run with a one-day heat and final format.

Trotting Championship Winners

1948 - Aerial Scott 1951 - Gay Belwin 1955 - Battle Cry 1965 - Poupette 1966 - Yamamoto 1968 - Stylish Major 1971 - Geffin 1973 - Precocious 1975 - Castleton's Pride 1976 - Bay Johnny 1977 - Stanley Rio 1978 - Derby Royale 1979 - No Response 1980 - Hano Direct 1983 - Scotch Notch 1984 - Sir Castleton 1985 - Scotch Notch 1987 - Tussle 1988 - True Roman 1989 - Yankee Loch 1990 - Real Force 1991 - Fraggle Rock

1992 - William Dee 1993 - Night Allowance 1994 - Diamond Field 1995 - Call Me Now 1996 - Pride Of Petite 1997 - Pride Of Petite 1998 - Buster Hanover 1999 - Special Force 2000 - Lyell Creek 2001 - Take A Moment 2002 - Game Bid 2003 - Take A Moment 2004 - Sumthingaboutmaori 2005 - Play On 2006 - Delft 2007 - Uncle Petrika 2008 - Galleons Sunset 2009 - Sundons Gift 2010 - Sundons Gift 2011 - I Can Doosit 2012 - I Can Doosit

External links

• 2009 Watpac Inter Dominion Official Site
• Rotation Program - Inter Dominion Championship Series
• Queensland Harness Racing Homepage - Host state for 2009 Inter Dominion