Harness racing in Australia Harness racing in Australia Harness racing, also colloquially known as trotting or the trots, is an important spectator sport in Australia, with large amounts of money wagered annually with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). In Australia there are 91 harness racing tracks, which hold over 1,900 meetings annually. There are approximately 2,900 drivers and 4,000 trainers with about 5,000 Standardbred horses foaled and registered each year. Harness racing in Australia is conducted with Standardbred horses racing around a track while pulling a driver in a two-wheeled cart called a "sulky", "gig" or "bike". Standardbred racehorses compete in two
Cart intended for a test race. Similar, but more sophisticated are modern-day pedal cart toys used in general recreation and racing. An electric cart is an electric vehicle. The term "Go-Kart", which exists since 1959, also shortened as "Kart", an alternative spelling of "cart", refers to a tiny race car with frame and two-stroke engine; the old term "go-cart" originally meant a sedan chair or an infant walker Cart A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A "handcart" is pulled or pushed by one or more