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

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

Year	Horse	Driver	Time	Second	Third
2025 [3]	Bay Of Biscay	Cameron Hart	1:49.1	Charge Ahead	Major Hot
2024 [4]	Frankie Ferocious	Cameron Hart	1:49.4	Sooner The Better	Captains Knock
2023 [5]	Catch A Wave	Kate Gath	1:49.1	Captain Ravishing	Cantfindabettorman
2022 [6] [7]	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 [8]	D N Moran	1:50.1	Self Assured	Max Delight
2019	Poster Boy [9]	Chris Alford	1:49.1	Ashley Locaz	Hail Christian
2018	Jilliby Kung Fu [10]	J P Lee	1:48.8	Let It Ride	Atomic Red
2017 [11]	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 [12]	Kate 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

• A G Hunter Cup
• Australian Pacing Championship
• Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
• Miracle Mile Pace
• New Zealand Trotting Cup
• Queensland Pacing Championship
• Victoria Cup
• Harness racing in Australia

Reference list

1. "Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots of Fire - Club Menangle". 19 February 2020.
2. "Annual On-Line - Group Races Chronicles".
3. Milanese, Tony (2 March 2025). "Bay of Biscay breaks through in Chariots of Fire - Harnesslink".
4. https://www.harness.org.au/hra/feature/gr_ausdates_2024.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
5. Greig, Bevan (19 February 2023). "Stunning upset in $250,000 Chariots Of Fire - Harnesslink".
6. "Chariots Of Fire - one for the ages". Harness Racing NSW.
7. "History-making $250,000 Chariots Of Fire - Harnesslink". 20 February 2022.
8. "Lochinvar Art fires for Chariots triumph".
9. "$200,000 Chariots of Fire - Harnesslink". 16 February 2019.
10. "Everybody loves Kung Fu's fighting - Harnesslink". 10 February 2018.
11. "Luke McCarthy secures drive on Chase The Dream in Chariots Of Fire at Menangle". Fox Sports. 7 February 2017.
12. "News Article - Australian Harness Racing". www.harness.org.au. Retrieved 4 April 2025.