THE $2.1mil TAB Eureka is the world’s richest harness race, but it’s still strongly connected to the grassroots of the sport.

Last year Kadina hobbyist Tyson Linke bred and owned four-year-old mare Encipher to upstage some of the biggest names in the game.

And, already this year, two of the first three slots confirmed in the September 7 feature have “gone bush”.

EMERGING NSW star Captains Knock is the second confirmed runner of the world’s richest pacing race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Menangle on September 7.

Daniel Cordina confirmed Captains Knock would run in the slot he manages under the banner Cordina Racing.

THERE are two key enhancements to the 2024 TAB Eureka.

In the days after the mighty mare Encipher won the inaugural running of the $2.1mil race at Menangle last September, Harness Racing Australia promised a full review.

SLOT holders in the world’s richest race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka, will be glued to some of the major races at Menangle on Saturday night.

With just one locked-in so far – Never Ending for Soho Standardbreds – nine slot holders still need to find their horse.

AUSTRALIA’S most exciting young pacer Never Ending is this year’s first confirmed runner for the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Club Menangle on September 7.

Off the back of a stunning inaugural TAB Eureka won by recently retired star mare Encipher, Never Ending makes another important milestone for the race as the first WA-trained runner.

MEGA race meetings are about a lot more than just the race itself these days.

That’s not to lessen the importance of the racing side of things, but ultimately harness racing, like all sports, is in the entertainment business.

TASMANIAN trainer Todd Rattray admits even he was “pleasantly surprised” by Magician’s booming fourth against Australia’s most exciting pacers in the world’s richest race at Menangle last night.

Tyson Linke’s homebred mare Encipher upstaged some of the biggest names in the sport to win the world’s richest harness race, the $2.1mil TAB Eureka, at Menangle on Saturday night.

There is only one more sleep until the $2.1mil TAB Eureka and the big money is rolling in.

The Lost Storm, one of just two three-year-olds in the race, has been the big firmer since the draw.

The Lost Storm was $6 on Monday and is now into $4.60.

What a perfect stage for the boy to become a man.

For so long The Lost Storm has been the “baby” of the field in the world’s richest harness race, but owner Justin Baker believes it won’t hold him back in Saturday night’s $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Menangle.

Siring sensation Captaintreacherous is the headline breeding angle of the inaugural $2.1mil TAB Eureka.

Remarkably, Captaintreacherous is the sire of five of the 10 confirmed starters in the world’s richest harness race.

OWNER Hass Taiba feels like he’s been on a mental rollercoaster with gifted pacer Captain Ravishing.

But after months of ups, downs, setbacks and doubts, Taiba feels his “special” horse is ready for the world’s richest harness race, Saturday night’s $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Menangle.

QUEENSLAND pacing sensation Leap To Fame’s stranglehold on $2.1mil TAB Eureka favouritism eased slightly after drawing wide when the barriers were revealed today.

But it certainly hasn’t fazed his trainer-driver Grant Dixon, who quickly declared “there’s no way I’d swap him for anything else in the race.”

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BRILLIANT pacer Catch A Wave is unbeaten in major races, and a sparkling Melton trial today (Tuesday) has him primed for his biggest challenge yet in Saturday night’s $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Menangle

It’s an understatement when trainer Andy Gath says he has a history of “peaking Catch A Wave for the big ones,” given he’s contested five Group 1 races and won the lot, the most recent two at Menangle in the Miracle Mile and Chariots Of Fire.

TAB EUREKA UPDATE - AUGUST 27

TAB Eureka favourite Leap To Fame was due at Robbie Morris’ stables next to Menangle last night (Sunday).

Trainer-driver Grant Dixon said the pacing sensation had enjoyed “a really good week” at home.

TRAINER Ahmed Taiba believes Captain Ravishing’s TAB Eureka campaign is back on song after a strong Menangle workout this morning.“

We’re back on track. He ran right through the line today and felt sharp late,” Taiba said.

TWO stars of the TAB Eureka will light-up Ballarat tomorrow morning.

Local trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin will take Queensland Derby winner The Lost Storm and high-class mare Encipher to Bray Raceway for a private trial.

GIFTED pacer Captain Ravishing’s TAB Eureka quest is in serious doubt after a horror Menangle trial today.

It prompted frustrated trainer Ahmed Taiba to say another Menangle workout on Saturday would decide if gifted pacer Captain Ravishing actually runs in the $2.1mil TAB Eureka on Saturday week.

Dual Inter Dominion-winning trainer Jason Grimson has emerged the late secret weapon in forgotten star Captain Ravishing’s quest to the $2.1mil TAB Eureka.