2015 NSW Rising Stars Announced

2014 Rising Stars competitiors at Tabcorp Park Menangle

The drivers selected for this year’s NSW Rising Stars have been announced with the cream of the junior talent in New South Wales competing over a series of heats run throughout the state.  The drivers will gather at the Pepper Tree Farm Breeders Challenge barrier draws on Sunday June 21st before competing in heats at Young, Bathurst, Newcastle, Penrith and Tabcorp Park Menangle.

The competing drivers are:

The Young Harness Racing Club will continue the support it has shown in the past as the major sponsor of the series.  Secretary Brian Ingram is looking forward to having the drivers compete in two heats at Young on Tuesday June 23rd.

“The club has always sponsored this series and it is great to see the top junior drivers in New South Wales getting the opportunity to compete against one another,” Ingram said.

“I am looking forward to seeing them race at Young this year as part of the series and the chance to drive at Menangle on Breeders Challenge finals day will be a big thrill for the junior drivers too.”

While racing is a major part of the week, the drivers will also get the opportunity to visit the stables of Luke and Belinda McCarthy and Steve Turnbull.  The group will travel to Success Stud and undertake media training with Trots TV while under the care of Rachael and David Micallef.

HRNSW CEO John Dumesny congratulated all of the selected drivers and wished them the best of luck.

“When you look back at this series over the years, so many of our top drivers in New South Wales competed in this series at some stage,” Dumesny said.

“It also gives these young drivers a chance to meet one another and build friendships that will last a lifetime, a lot of planning goes into the Rising Stars series and I am sure they will enjoy all of the activities that have been scheduled.”

Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) is the controlling body for harness racing in New South Wales with responsibility for commercial and regulatory management of the industry including 31 racing clubs across the State.  HRNSW is headed by an industry-appointed Board of Directors and is independent of Government.