UNITED HARNESS RACING ASSOCIATION

New Ideas The former Chairman of HRNSW asked HRICG at the time to put forward any new ideas that would assist Harness Racing in general - Turnover wise and Participant wise. A former HRICG Chairman had previously put forward the idea of a Swedish Lottery System called V75 (see below) and during last year’s World Driving Championship, World Trotting Conference and Elitlopp (the Melbourne Cup of European Trotting ) the ‘fare paying group’ that were supporting the Australian R

UHRA As Trainer/Driver numbers remain around 1000 (Stablehands numbers have increased steadily due to tighter Licensing protocols) we are unfortunately seeing a decline in the number of Regional Trainer and Driver (and Participant) Associations. The UHRA is officially accredited to represent Trainers and Drivers State wide (and we have included Stablehands) but is also open to ALL Industry Participants. This of course is not easy when trying to represent everyone’s views how

UHRA Priorities In UHRA Blog 2 we detailed items included in our submission for HRNSW Strategic Plan 2021-2023. For transparency we detail our THREE TOP PRIORITY ISSUES: 1) PRIZEMONEY 2) PRIZEMONEY 3) PRIZEMONEY Field Selection ( HRNSW proposed change to Victorian Points System) HRNSW asked HRICG for comment on this proposal. HRICG met 11th November and discussed a previous request by HRNSW to comment on COVID Prizemoney Reduction to $10,000 for two races where after HRICG un

Prizemoney Is there a pending announcement on base Prizemoney? Unfortunately nothing has been forthcoming from last week’s HRNSW Board Meeting. Breeders Challenge If you are confused by BC eligibility, Regional qualifications, True Blue, Regional Series, Race eligibility etc etc ……… inquiries to UHRA suggest you are not the only ones. The Racing Year With a change to the Racing Calendar Year UHRA have asked HRNSW in conjunction with HRA to take the opportunity to reformulate