Kerryn Manning

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

Early life

Manning was born in Melbourne, Australia to Peter and Barbara Manning.[1] Her father, Peter Manning, is also a trainer-driver in harness racing,[2] and after Manning completed Year 10 of high school, she started working for him.[3]

Racing career

Manning has driven over 3500 winners in her career,[4] giving her the world record for number of career wins for a female reinswoman.[5]

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.[6]

On 11 November 2015, Manning drove Arden Rooney to win the New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway and became the first woman to drive a winner of the Cup.[7]

Recognition

• 2001: received Harness Racing Victoria's Pearl Kelly Award for outstanding achievement within the sport.[8]
• 2003: received Harness Racing Australia's Meritorious Service Award[9]
• 2006: named on the 2006 Victorian Honour Roll of Women "for her achievements in harness racing"[10]
• 2013: inducted into the Harness Racing Victoria Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to receive this honour[11]
• 2014: the 13th recipient of Harness Racing Victoria's Gordon Rothacker Medal, the organisation's highest individual honour[12]

References

1. "Out of the west, a champion with drive and grace - theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
2. "The world's No. 1 female harness racing driver is an Australian you've probably never heard of". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
3. "Kerryn Manning honoured with Gordon Rothacker Medal- Australian Harness Racing". www.harness.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
4. "Kerryn Manning follows Michelle Payne into history books with NZ Cup triumph". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
5. "Kerryn Manning-World Champion Female Harness Racing Driver". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
6. "Kerryn Manning follows Michelle Payne into history books with NZ Cup triumph". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
7. "Aussie creates Kiwi history". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
8. "Pearl Kelly Award - Harness Racing Victoria". www.hrv.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
9. "Australian Harness Racing Awards - Merit Awards". www.harness.org.au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
10. "VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN List of Inductees 2001 to 2011" (PDF). whise.org.au. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
11. "Kerryn Manning inducted into harness Hall of Fame". The Stawell Times-News. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
12. "Kerryn Manning honoured with Gordon Rothacker Medal- Australian Harness Racing". www.harness.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2015.