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
Horse racing in Wales only three racecourses survive in Wales, Chepstow, Bangor-on-Dee and Ffos Las which was opened in 2009. A popular, if unusual, form of horseracing in Wales is harness racing, known in Wales as 'trotting'. The sport involves horses racing at a non-galloping gait while being driven by men or women poised on two wheeled 'sulkies'. The sport grew in Wales in the late 19th century, originally involving Welsh cobs competing along roads. As the popularity of the sport rose, the races were transferred to grass tracks and 'standard bred' horses were imported from America to replace the native breeds. The oldest