The Inter Dominion Trotting ChampionshipGrand Final was a race for trotters within the overall Inter Dominion series. The series is held each year, and is a harness racing competition for both trotters and pacers that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand. The host of the series is rotated between the 6 harness racing states of Australia and the North and SouthIslands of New Zealand. However, in recent years the Trotting series has mainly been held in Victoria with other Australian states reluctant to host the series. It forms part of the overall Inter Dominion series for pacers and trotters. The rotation of the Championships was fixed annually at a meeting of the Council, five years in advance. It is held in New Zealand once in each four years. The Championships are held once in each racing year at a time and venue approved by the Council by the completion of the Championships in the preceding year. The Grand Circuit race is not held at the same time as the Championships. A meeting with leading Australasian harness racing officials led to a decision that the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship would be discontinued after 2012. Several new major trotting races have been created to replace the series, most notably the Great Southern Star at Melton in March, which was to be run with a one-day heat and final format. The Trotting Championship was re-introduced in 2018.
The 2019 Inter Dominions were held in Auckland, New Zealand, hosted by the Auckland Trotting Club at the Alexandra Park track from Friday 29 November 2019 to 15 December 2019. 2019 Rowe Cup winner Sundees Son initially led the Inter Dominion Rankings for Trotters but was withdrawn in October 2019. Also withdrawn were Lemond and Kyvalley Blur who were initially ranked 6th and 9th respectively. After the first night trainer, Andy Garth, withdrew Mclovin due to a viral infection causing leg swelling. Heats 1 and 2 on Friday 29 November were over 2200m with a mobile start and Free-for-all conditions.
Heat 1 was won by Paramount King from Massive Metro and Big Jack Hammer in 2:40.41.
Heat 2 was carried out by Winterfell from Marcoola and Majestic Man in 2:41.57.
Heat 3 and 4 on Tuesday 3 December were raced over 1700m.
Heat 3 was won by Majestic Man from Habibi Inta and Massive Metro in 2:02.2.
Heat 4 was won by Temporale from Marcoola and Paramount King in 2:03.67.
Heat 5 and 6 on Friday 6 December were raced over 2700m.
Heat 5 was won by Temporale from Paramount King and Tough Monarch in 3:23.81.
Heat 6 was won by Winterfell from Massive Metro and Majestic Man in 3:20.55.
The Grand final held on 14 December was won by Winterfell in 3:21.6 from Majestic Man and Massive Metro.
