{{Short description|Australian horse trainer (born 1976)}} {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Out of the west, a champion with drive and grace - theage.com.au|url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/31/1062268476668.html?from=storyrhs|website = www.theage.com.au| date=September 2003 |accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> Her father, Peter Manning, is also a trainer-driver in harness racing,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The world's No. 1 female harness racing driver is an Australian you've probably never heard of|url = http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-worlds-no-1-female-harness-racing-driver-is-an-australian-youve-probably-never-heard-of-20150407-1mg562.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald| date=11 April 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> and after Manning completed Year 10 of high school, she started working for him.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning honoured with Gordon Rothacker Medal- Australian Harness Racing|url = http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=24621|website = www.harness.org.au|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref>
==Racing career== Manning has driven over 3500 winners in her career,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning follows Michelle Payne into history books with NZ Cup triumph|url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/kerryn-manning-follows-michelle-payne-into-history-books-with-nz-cup-triumph-20151110-gkvqw9.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald| date=10 November 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> giving her the world record for number of career wins for a female reinswoman.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning-World Champion Female Harness Racing Driver|url = https://www.facebook.com/Kerryn-Manning-World-Champion-Female-Harness-Racing-Driver-102969193111975/info?tab=page_info|website = www.facebook.com|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning follows Michelle Payne into history books with NZ Cup triumph|url = http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/kerryn-manning-follows-michelle-payne-into-history-books-with-nz-cup-triumph-20151110-gkvqw9.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald| date=10 November 2015 |accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Aussie creates Kiwi history|url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/racing/73865264/arden-rooney-and-kerryn-manning-silence-kiwis-with-new-zealand-cup-win|website = Stuff|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref>
==Recognition== *2001: received Harness Racing Victoria's Pearl Kelly Award for outstanding achievement within the sport.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pearl Kelly Award - Harness Racing Victoria|url = http://www.hrv.org.au/general/honour-rolls/pearl-kelly-award/|website = www.hrv.org.au|accessdate = 2015-11-11|archive-date = 1 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301133256/http://www.hrv.org.au/general/honour-rolls/pearl-kelly-award/|url-status = dead}}</ref> *2003: received Harness Racing Australia's Meritorious Service Award<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Harness Racing Awards - Merit Awards |url=http://www.harness.org.au/hra/awards/merit.htm#Meritorious |website=www.harness.org.au |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> *2006: named on the 2006 Victorian Honour Roll of Women "for her achievements in harness racing"<ref>{{cite web |title=VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL OF WOMEN List of Inductees 2001 to 2011 |url=https://whise.org.au/assets/docs/policy/Victorian-Honour-Roll-of-Women-2001-2011.pdf |website=whise.org.au |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> *2013: inducted into the Harness Racing Victoria Hall of Fame. She was the first woman to receive this honour<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning inducted into harness Hall of Fame|url = http://www.stawelltimes.com.au/story/1221147/kerryn-manning-inducted-into-harness-hall-of-fame/|website = The Stawell Times-News|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref> *2014: the 13th recipient of Harness Racing Victoria's Gordon Rothacker Medal, the organisation's highest individual honour<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kerryn Manning honoured with Gordon Rothacker Medal- Australian Harness Racing|url = http://www.harness.org.au/news-article.cfm?news_id=24621|website = www.harness.org.au|accessdate = 2015-11-11}}</ref>
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