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MELBOURNE - MARKOVINA
Bred in New Zealand, owned in South Australia and trained in Victoria, 6yo entire Markovina became 1978 champion in the first all mobile series, the first staged at Moonee Valley and the first boasting a six figure Grand Final Purse. Markovina survived an inquiry into alleged interference, and his win represented a masterful training and driving feat on the part of Melbourne horseman Brian Gath.

BRISBANE - STANLEY RIO
1977 winner, Stanley Rio was bred in Tasmania, while his veteran trainer George Noble and his son John, who did the driving, moved from New South Wales to settle in New Zealand in 1941. They were able to secure shares in the brilliant pacer through Christchurch property developer Wayne Francis, who bought the colt as a 2yo on the advice of his Tasmanian born partner in Nevele R Stud, Bob McArdle.

ADELAIDE - CARCLEW
The immortal sire Globe Derby was paid a fitting testimonial at Adelaide in 1976 when the Inter Dominions were held for the first time on the track named in his honour. The Grand Finals fell to Carclew and Bay Johnny - both male-line Globe Derby horses, while Carclew's runner-up Pure Steel was a grandson of Bandbox, the 1947 Grand Champion in Perth, herself a grand daughter of Globe Derby.

AUCKLAND - YOUNG QUINN
Just when it appeared Australia had a stranglehold on the Inter Dominion Championships (having won the previous ten Pacer's Finals but conceded the 1971 contest to Stella Frost, following a positive swab), there emerged from Kiwiland Young Quinn, a real saviour for his homeland. Young Quinn, as a youngster had been nicknamed "Garbage" because of his habit of eating everything in sight, including his bed, won on each night and proved too good for Hi Foyle and Speedy Guest in the final.

PERTH - HONDO GRATTAN
In a sensational 1974 Final, Hondo Grattan became the first pacer to win the Grand Final in successive years. His work was made much easier by a full-scale pile up which left only four of the ten starters with a winning chance. Hondo Grattan only scraped into the Final, this time by virtue of his dead heat for fourth with Paleface Adios in the last qualifying round.

SYDNEY - HONDO GRATTAN
For sheer grit, the performance of Hondo Grattan to clean sweep the heats and Final of the 1973 series in his home state of New South Wales, despite being only four and doing most of his racing the hard way, would take some beating. There was never a more worthy Champion. He beat Royal Ascot and Glamour Chief in the $50,000 Final.

BRISBANE - WELCOME ADVICE
Welcome Advice, the horse who could have won three Inter Dominions had the luck gone his way, took out the big prize in Brisbane in 1972 - and was lucky to do so. Had it not been for good driving combined with luck, Welcome Advice, one of the best horses to ever look through a bridle, might never have been an Inter- Dominion Champion. Manaroa ran fifth after starting from 18 yards behind.

CHRISTCHURCH - STELLA FROST
The trotting world was stunned when five days after the 1971 Final at Addington it was announced that Western Australian Junior's Image had returned a positive swab. Trainer Phil Coulson was barred from trotting for seven years and ordered to pay $1,000 in costs. Stella Frost, runner up to Junior's Image, was promoted to first for a prize of $26,000 compared with $8,000 for second. Manaroa was promoted to second, with Last Flood third.

MELBOURNE - BOLD DAVID
Alf Simons, trainer of 1970 winner Bold David felt sure he could satisfy his compulsion to prove his horse was worthy of Grand Champion status, however there weren't too many in his corner, not even the locals. Before the series opened Alf placed a photo of Bold David on the desk in his den to remind him of the luckless event the year before when he finished last. Bold David beat Bylaw by two lengths in the final.

ADELAIDE - RICHMOND LASS
Richmond Lass, included in the final field following a special meeting of the Inter Dominion Council, carried off the major prize at Wayville, Adelaide, in 1965. Richmond Lass finished the heats on 5 points as did Golden Alley, Teeny Rena and Ascot King. With only three vacancies for the Final one horse had to miss out. Luckily, Richmond Lass was not that horse as the Grand Council decided to eliminate Teeny Rena. Bob Cameron finished third behind dual heat winner Twinkle Hanover.