Inter Dominion Trotting Championship

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.

for winners of the pacing event see: Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
2007 Trotters Final winner Uncle Petrika taken immediately after his win

The rotation of the Championships was fixed annually at a meeting of the Council, 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 was to be run with a one-day heat and final format.

The Trotting Championship was re-introduced in 2018.

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
  • 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 NZ,
  • 2010 - Sundons Gift NZ, driver: Chris Lang, trainer: Chris Lang
  • 2011 - I Can Doosit NZ, Mark Purdon, Mark Purdon & Grant Payne
  • 2012 - I Can Doosit NZ, Mark Purdon, Mark Purdon & Grant Payne
  • 2013-2017 Series Not Held
  • 2018 - Tornado Valley NZ, Kate Garth, Andy Garth
  • 2019 - Winterfell NZ, Mark Purdon, Mark Purdon & Natalie Rasmussen

2019 Inter Dominion (Auckland)

The 2019 Inter Dominions were held in Auckland, New Zealand, hosted by the Auckland Trotting Club at the Alexandra Park track from Friday 29 November 2019 to 15 December 2019.[1]

2019 Rowe Cup winner Sundees Son initially led the Inter Dominion Rankings for Trotters but was withdrawn in October 2019. Also withdrawn were Lemond and Kyvalley Blur who were initially ranked 6th and 9th respectively. After the first night trainer, Andy Garth, withdrew Mclovin due to a viral infection causing leg swelling.[2]

Heats 1 and 2 on Friday 29 November were over 2200m with a mobile start and Free-for-all conditions.

  • Heat 1 was won by Paramount King (Joshua Dickie, $28.00) from Massive Metro (Todd Mitchell) and Big Jack Hammer (Luke McCarthy) in 2:40.41 (mile rate - 1:57.3).
  • Heat 2 was carried out by Winterfell (Mark Purdon, $7.70) from Marcoola (Sharee Tomlinson) and Majestic Man (Brad Williamson) in 2:41.57 (mile rate - 1:58.1).

Heat 3 and 4 on Tuesday 3 December were raced over 1700m.

  • Heat 3 was won by Majestic Man (Brad Williamson, $2.80) from Habibi Inta (Blair Orange) and Massive Metro (Todd Mitchell) in 2:02.2 (mile rate - 1:55.6).
  • Heat 4 was won by Temporale (Tony Herlihy, $2.90) from Marcoola (Sheree Tomlinson) and Paramount King (Josh Dickie) in 2:03.67 (mile rate 1:57.0).

Heat 5 and 6 on Friday 6 December were raced over 2700m.

  • Heat 5 was won by Temporale (Tony Herlihy, $4.40) from Paramount King (Joshua Dickie) and Tough Monarch (Anthony Butt) in 3:23.81 (mile rate - 2:01.4 ).
  • Heat 6 was won by Winterfell (Mark Purdon, $2.30) from Massive Metro (Todd Mitchell) and Majestic Man (Brad Williamson) in 3:20.55 (mile rate - 1:59.5 ).

The Grand final held on 14 December was won by Winterfell (Mark Purdon) in 3:21.6 (mile rate - 2:00.1) from Majestic Man (Brad Williamson) and Massive Metro (Todd Mitchell).

Horse
 Final Qual. order
 Notes
 Heat 1
 Heat 2
 Heat 3
 Heat 4
 Heat 5
 Heat 6
 Points after night 1
 Points after night 2
 Points after night 3
 Barrier draw for final
 Grand Final
Paramount King221stxx3rd2ndx152537128th
Majestic Man7x3rd1stxx3rd10253542nd
Marcoola32018 Dominion HC winnerx2ndx2nd4thx122432811th
Winterfell13x1st4thxx1st15233821st
Temporale82017 Rowe Cup winnerx4thx1st1stx8233895th
Massive Metro62ndx3rdxx2nd122234133rd
Habibi Inta12019 Dominion HC winner6thx2ndx7thx6182310Scratched
Destiny Jones10x5th5thxx5th7142136th
Bonnie Highlander19x6thx4th9thx614177Scratched
Big Jack Hammer53rdxx9thx6th10131917th
Monty Python95thxx7th8thx712165 (E1)10th
Tough Monarch2x7thx5th3rdx51222119th
Valloria144thx8thxx4th8122064th
C K Spur187thx7thx6thx51016xx
Sertorius21x8th6thxxSCR41010xx
Pres The Belle1510thxx6th5thx2815xx
Ronald J16x9thx8thx8th3711xx
Kenny's Dream209thx9thxx7th3611xx
Didjabringthebeers118thxx10th10thx468xx
Woodstone12x10th10thxxx244xx
Credit Master17xxxxxx000xx
Mclovin4xxxxxx000xx

See also

References
  1. http://www.ID19.co.nz
  2. https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/mclovin-out-of-interdominions/
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