Kerryn Manning (born 10 July 1976) is an Australian horse trainer-driver and a world champion reinswoman in the sport of

harness racing Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australi ...

Early life

Manning was born in

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, Australia to Peter and Barbara Manning. Her father, Peter Manning, is also a trainer-driver in harness racing, and after Manning completed Year 10 of high school, she started working for him.

Racing career

Manning has driven over 3500 winners in her career, giving her the world record for number of career wins for a female reinswoman. She was the first driver to win 300 races in a season in either Australia or New Zealand and is also the first woman to drive a winner in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres. On 11 November 2015, Manning drove Arden Rooney to win the

New Zealand Trotting Cup The New Zealand Cup for standardbred horses, also known as either the New Zealand Trotting Cup or the New Zealand Pacing Cup is a Group One (G1) harness race held annually by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Chri ...

Addington Raceway Addington may refer to: Places In Australia: * Addington, Victoria In Canada: * Addington, Ontario * Addington County, Ontario (now Lennox and Addington County, Ontario) * Addington Highlands, Ontario * Addington Parish, New Brunswick * Ad ...

and became the first woman to drive a winner of the Cup.

Recognition

*2001: received

Harness Racing Victoria Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) is a statutory body for which the Victorian Minister for Racing, The Hon. Martin Pakula is responsible. Harness Racing Victoria's function is to administer, develop and promote the sport of Harness Racing in Victoria. ...

's Pearl Kelly Award for outstanding achievement within the sport. *2003: received Harness Racing Australia's Meritorious Service Award *2006: named on the 2006 Victorian Honour Roll of Women "for her achievements in harness racing" *2013: inducted into the Harness Racing Victoria Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to receive this honour *2014: the 13th recipient of Harness Racing Victoria's Gordon Rothacker Medal, the organisation's highest individual honour

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Kerryn Living people Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) 1976 births New Zealand Trotting Cup winners Australian harness racers People from Melbourne