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]