The 10 Finalists have been announced for Sydney’s ‘Strapper of the Year’ award for the 2025-2026 season.
Now in its seventeenth year, this award endeavours to recognise the behind-the-scenes efforts by those stablehands that tend to go beyond the call of duty. The award is sponsored by Racing NSW and co-ordinated by Australian Racing Christian Chaplaincy.
A selection panel of racing officials will choose the winner from the finalists below.
The award will be presented at the NSW Racehorse Owners Association’s prestigious ‘Racing’s Night of Champions’ on 27th August 2026.
The finalists are:
- Christen Erceg-Wilson (Jack Pilkington)
- Danielle Akon (John Sargent)
- Garance Lathiere (Robert Quinn
- Jacob Anderson (Joe Pride)
- Jane Shaw (Karen Owen
- Kathleen Watts (Price-Kent Racing)
- Malak Singh (Chris Waller
- Megan Booker (Angela Davies)
- Michael Harry (Peter Snowden)
- Stephanie Alexander (Brett & Georgie Cavanough)
