Horse Racing Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. 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. “He’s made the decision for us with a win like that,” McCarthy said. “He’s just kept stepping-up each campaign.
I still think he’s on the rise. “He’s a tough horse, so the format of the Inter Dominion won’t worry him. That’s where we are aiming.
I think he’ll make an ideal Inter Dominion horse.” First into the straight and first across the line! DON HUGO takes out the 2024 @tabcomau @eurekarace for Team Singo and Trainer/Driver Luke McCarthy who makes it back-to-back wins in the world's richest harness race ð pic.twitter.
com/3v9CBLLtqp — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 7, 2024 The NSW Inter Dominion starts with heats at Newcastle on November 29, moves to Bathurst for round two on December 4 and then heads to Menangle for the last round of qualifying heats on December 7 before the final. McCarthy has some unfinished business with Inter Dominion finals at Menangle. The last time the track hosted the final, McCarthy’s stable “won” the race with Expensive Ego, only to be stripped of it in the stewards’ room on protest from the connections of Boncel Benjami.