After eight weeks of harness racing this season, Blair Orange is still in front in the drivers premiership with 17 wins from 105 drives.
His latest win came courtesy of the Ken and Tony Barron trained Terracotta who overpowered the favorite Beaudiene Delightful at Rangiora on Sunday (September 24).
Dexter Dunn is currently running second in the premiership with 15 wins from 77 drives but is closing in fast on Blair after missing the first few weeks of racing.
Ricky May has had a good start to his season so far and is third on 13 wins from 72 drives, with a gap back to Rory Mcllwrick and Samantha Ottley on 8 wins each.
The top 15 in the drivers premiership
Name | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds | Stakes | UDR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blair Orange | 105 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 130,162 | 0.3005 |
Dexter Dunn | 77 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 114,692 | 0.3203 |
Ricky May | 72 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 92,695 | 0.2731 |
Rory McIlwrick (J) | 35 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47,425 | 0.3333 |
Samantha Ottley | 46 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 53,192 | 0.2705 |
Zac Butcher | 29 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 55,781 | 0.3563 |
David Butcher | 44 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 60,762 | 0.3081 |
Joshua Dickie | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 42,188 | 0.2889 |
John Dunn | 43 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 72,653 | 0.2558 |
Gavin Smith | 55 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 49,840 | 0.1636 |
Robbie Close | 38 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 38,985 | 0.2339 |
Stephen McNally | 41 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 39,615 | 0.2846 |
Andre Poutama | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31,111 | 0.3034 |
Sheree Tomlinson (J) | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 35,380 | 0.2356 |
Brad Williamson | 44 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37,320 | 0.2121 |
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