Leap To Fame will become a true Inter Dominion immortal should he salute for the third time in harness racing’s biggest prize at Albion Park on Saturday, though even his trainer Grant Dixon admits he will need his finest performance yet in a glittering career.

The fearsome Queenslander landed the 2023 and 2025 Inter Dominions and will become only the fourth pacer to land the threepeat should he succeed this weekend, joining four-time winner Blacks A Fake, WA star Im Themightyquinn and 90s hero Our Sir Vancelot.

Hailed the pre-eminent horse of the modern era, Leap To Fame is every bit as good as any of those legends but Dixon knows this is another test.

“I definitely think it’s one of his biggest challenges yet, but he’s also had so many challenges in the past. This will be right up with any of them,” Dixon said.

Recent history has determined that leading (or behind the leader) is the place to be in this Group 1 test with Dixon’s stallion scoring front-running victories at his two previous attempts.

It’s almost inevitable that Leap To Fame will be outside the leader this year from gate 11, the position known as the death seat for its difficulty to win from.

He’s a $2.30 favourite narrowly ahead of Captains Mistress ($2.35), an emerging mare with wicked acceleration.

However, one thing Dixon says is in the champion’s favour is the 2680m distance given his almost bottomless endurance.

“I think it helps us a lot,” he said. “But you saw what Captains Mistress did in Melbourne over 2700m against the mares (when winning). I don’t think she’ll have a problem with the distance.

“We’re going to have to make it a real staying test. At some stage we will be running three really strong quarters (400m splits).

“She (Captains Mistress) is super-fast. That sheer brilliance is her biggest asset, but Larry (Leap To Fame) is super strong. How the race is run will show which is the greatest asset.”

Despite having 91 starts including 72 successes and missing the placings just twice, Leap To Fame is refusing to yield to age and has looked as good as ever across 2026 thus far.

“He’s just a superstar to train, just the way that he loves racing, you can feel it in him,” he said.

“Trista (Dixon, co-trainer) and I think he’s as good as ever. He just keeps bringing his best and hopefully will again this week.

“As a trainer and driver, you hope to just not let him down. He’s a champion and you just want to keep doing the right things with him.

“I’d love him to win a third for final for his sake. I think he deserves to be alongside those other great horses.”