Chariots of Fire (harness race)

The Chariots of Fire is the single richest four-year-old harness race for Standardbreds in Australia.[1] It is raced in February at Menangle raceway.

Race results

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Past winners and place-getters are as follows:[2]

Year
Horse
Driver
Time
Second
Third
2024[3] Frankie Ferocious Cameron Hart 1:49.4 Sooner The Better Captains Knock
2023 Catch A Wave Kate Gath 1:49.1 Captain Ravishing Cantfindabettorman
2022 Better Eclipse Greg Sugars 1:47.6 Bondi Lockdown Chevron Art
2021 Expensive Ego Luke McCarthy 1:48.9 Zeuss Bromac Kowalski Analysis
2020 Lochinvar Art[4] D N Moran 1:50.1 Self Assured Max Delight
2019 Poster Boy[5] C A Alford 1:49.1 Ashley Locaz Hail Christian
2018 Jilliby Kung Fu[6] J P Lee 1:48.8 Let It Ride Atomic Red
2017 Lazarus Mark Purdon 1:49.0 Our Waikiki Beach Salty Robyn
2016 Have Faith In Me Natalie Rasmussen 1:48.8 Lord Zin Zan Arms Of An Angle
2015 Our Sky Major Zac Butcher 1:51.5 Bling It On Isaiah
2014 Guaranteed G Lang 1:50.4 Ginger Bliss Majestic Mach
2013 Christen Me Dexter Dunn 1:50.5 Smolda Restrepo
2012 Caribbean Blaster K M Gath 1:52.6 Excel Stride The Phantom
2011 Lanercost D W Graham 1:52.5 Bitobliss Matai Zinga
2010 Villagem L Miles 1:52.1 Ima Rocket Star Deadestlucky
2009 Maffioso C A Alford 1:59.4 Im Themightyquinn Ben Junior
2008 Ebony Gem J J Caldow 1:57.4 Lombo Pocket Watch Melpark Major
2007 Not run
2006 Innocent Eyes Gavin Lang 1:57.6 Emmas Only Make Me Smile
2005 Slipnslide L A McCarthy 1:58.5 Karloo Mick Mister Martini
2004 Elsu David J Butcher 1:57.8 Napoleon The Warp Drive
2003 Oaxaca Lass J F Curtin 1:59.5 Dinki Di Blue Gum Forest
2002 Manifold Bay Gavin Lang 1:58.7 Young Rufus Selby Bromac
2001 Smooth Satin A S Turnbull 1:57.7 Seelster Sam Jofess
2000 Lombo Rapida Kerryn Manning 1:58.0 Shakamaker Stoney Lad
1999 Holmes D G Barry Purdon 1:58.4 Kingstar Ole Black Magic
1998 Franco Hat Trick Tony Herlihy 2:00.4 Country Duke Breenys Fella
1997 Kentuckiana R B Byrnes 1:57.9 Denver Gift Laneway
1996 Beefy T M J Langdon 2:00.7 Il Vicolo Blueagle
1995 Ginger Man Tony Herlihy 1:59.9 The Suleiman Astral Francais

See also

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Reference list

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  1. ^ "Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots of Fire - Club Menangle". 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual On-Line - Group Races Chronicles".
  3. ^ https://www.harness.org.au/hra/feature/gr_ausdates_2024.pdf
  4. ^ "Lochinvar Art fires for Chariots triumph".
  5. ^ "$200,000 Chariots of Fire - Harnesslink". 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Everybody loves Kung Fu's fighting - Harnesslink". 10 February 2018.