It wouldn't be an Interdominion without a strange story or two. And this year's series in Brisbane, now at the halfway stage, has thrown up its share.
Like this little gem. The connections of one of the New Zealand horses in the series were thrown into a panic this week when they weighed their superstar.
Not used to using scales, they were stunned to see their horse had put on 80kg overnight.
The owner bolted up to the house of the trainer they are staying with and begged him to check the horse out.
The two men rushed to the stables and weighed the horse again only to find he was still 80kg over his weight from the previous day.
But the Aussie trainer quickly solved the problem.
"It would help if you didn't stand on the scales with him," he informed the embarrassed New Zealander.
You can imagine how much the locals are enjoying repeating that story.
Still, the Aussies are defying logic themselves this week.
Like the war of words between drivers John Justice and Ian McMahon.
McMahon, driving Ablazin Star, parked Justice, driving Safe And Sound, three wide in their second round heat and after the sizzling pace, Safe And Sound dropped out to finish 100m from the winner.
Justice unloaded on McMahon after the race and the two have been abusing each other ever since.
What's so strange about that?
Well, had Safe And Sound as expected made next Saturday's A500,000 Grand Final - which he now has no real chance of doing - McMahon was going to be driving him because Justice is committed to Shakamaker.
Another driver who won't be in the Grand Final is Australian champion Chris Alford.
The little Victorian has turned around the fortunes of Lombo Rapida, who was battling until Alford took over her reins for this series.
Two perfect drives for placings in her first two heats mean Lombo Rapida is now almost certain to make the Final.
And Alford's reward? Yesterday he was replaced as the mare's driver by Kerryn Gath, whose father Peter trains Lombo Rapida. Thanks very much.
But even those bizarre events cannot beat this tragic punting story.
Australia's biggest harness racing punter was behind a massive betting plunge on Victorian pacer Persistency in the final heat on Tuesday.
Persistency started from one of the second line and if Holm For Xmas, who drew the ace, led and stayed in front until the passing lane Persistency was going to be hard to beat.
Holm For Xmas led all right but his driver soon handed the front away to Cee New York, which left Persistency three deep on the markers with no realistic winning hope.
The giant pacer paced the fastest last 400m ever at Albion Park to go down to Atitagain by a neck and would have been a certainty had Holm For Xmas's driver elected to stay in front.
Here's the tragic part. The punter who was on Persistency for a fortune actually owns Holm For Xmas, the horse who cost him his winning chance.
That had to hurt.
Racing: Funny things happen on the way to the Interdoms
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