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Star lining up for TAB Eureka

The 2025 TAB Eureka has just one early slot confirmed, with Bay Of Biscay locked in with Rob Watson’s Soho Standardbreds.

But it looks a formality that NSW Derby winner Always Hot, the most exciting young pacer in the land, will earn a slot closely connected to the Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin stable.

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Bay of Biscay Kicks off TAB Eureka 2025

Bay Of Biscay’s Chariots Of Fire win carried an added bonus.

Just moments after winning, the star four-year-old became the first confirmed runner for the world’s richest harness race representing Soho Standardbreds slot.

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Don Hugo chasing another of harness racing's biggest prizes

CHAMPION trainer Luke McCarthy already has his sights set on another huge Menangle target with freshly crowned TAB Eureka winner Don Hugo.

McCarthy said the iconic $500,000 Inter Dominion final, slated for December 14 at Sydney's home of harness racing, was the next target.

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McCarthy masterclass guides Don Hugo to Eureka glory

LARRIKIN entrepreneur John Singleton was the first and biggest supporter of the $2.1 million TAB Eureka and now he's won the world's richest harness race.

Singleton, who locked-in a slot as soon as they became available, used that slot on Don Hugo, which led throughout to beat a stellar field at Menangle last night.

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Queensland stars no longer a Secret

PROUD Queenslanders Pete McMullen and Chantal Turpin feel like they are representing their state as much as themselves in the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka, at Menangle tomorrow (Saturday).

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Greg Sugars On Landing The Eye Keep Smiling Drive

THE rollercoaster week continues for star driver Greg Sugars. Just 48 hours after the gut-wrenching disappointment of Fighter Command’s scratching from the $2.1mil TAB Eureka, Sugars has emerged from a pack of top contenders to land the drive on high-class mare Eye Keep Smiling.

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Champion Luke McCarthy has selected his drive

CHAMPION driver Luke McCarthy has gone with Don Hugo in quest to successfully defend his title in the world’s richest harness race. McCarthy, 41, teamed with trainer Emma Stewart and star mare Encipher to win last year’s inaugural $2.1mil TAB Eureka.

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Devastating setback sees Wisper A Secret join the race

TASMANIA has given Queensland a third representative in the $2.1mil TAB Eureka after a dramatic day of twists.

A devastating health setback to the Tasracing slot runner and outstanding three-year-old Fighter Command forced him out of the race.

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Hall Jr not fussed by wide TAB Eureka draw

2024 TAB Eureka Barrier Draw is in.

WHILE a gasp went through the room and bookies eased his odds, champion driver Gary Hall Jr wasn’t at all fussed by favourite Never Ending’s wide barrier draw.

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Manning adds to TAB Eureka girl-power

TRAILBLAZING driver Kerryn Manning had some quick and very serious thinking to do yesterday.

Manning is one of two female drivers in the TAB Eureka. The other is 26-year-old Ashleigh Delosa, who will take reins on Major Delight.

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TAB Eureka jigsaw coming together

DEFENDING champion driver Luke McCarthy is the last remaining piece in the $2.1mil TAB Eureka jigsaw puzzle.

The last two of the 10 slots were filled by untapped Victorian four-year-old High Above and emerging Queenslander Sure Thing Captain.

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Confederate in Australia, Giveaway!

AARON Bain Racing and Summit Bloodstock have amplified their promotion of the $2.1mil TAB Eureka by offering a free service to boom North American stallion Confederate.

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Adornment for TAB Eureka Champion

The 2024 TAB Eureka winner will be adorned with a symbol of elegance and achievement with a custom browband to be awarded to the winning horse of the $2.1M race.  Sophi’s Hobbyshop, all the way from Norway, will be the official browband designer for The World’s Richest Harness Race.

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McCarthy Torn Between Two Pacers for TAB Eureka

CHAMPION driver Luke McCarthy is in no rush to lock-in which pacer he drives in a quest to successfully defend his TAB Eureka crown. McCarthy, who boasts almost 3000 wins and 79 at Group 1 level, teamed with Emma Stewart’s star mare Encipher to win last year’s inaugural TAB Eureka at Menangle.

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TAB Eureka Twist: The Lost Storm Out and a Strategic Joint Venture

THE last two spots in the $2.1mil TAB Eureka will now be decided this weekend. Slot holders Aaron Bain Racing & Summit Bloodstock today confirmed it had “released” The Lost Storm as its runner and were in talks with the Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin stable about a replacement.

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