Trainer-driver Kel Winell pictured in the purple colours will be representing the 'boys' in the Kriden Park Drivers Invitational at Towac Park, Orange, on February 12.
AS harness racing in Orange prepares for a new chapter some familiar faces will go head-to-head in the Kriden Park Drivers Invitational at the Club’s TAB.COM.AU Carnival of Cups meeting Sunday week.
Surnames that are synonymous with harness racing in the Western Districts such as Turnbull, Hewitt and Hurst, to name a few, are all represented in ‘the girls v the boys’ feature at Towac Park, Orange.
The ‘boys’ contingent of the race is made up of drivers Steve Turnbull, Nathan Hurst, Mat Rue, Kel Winnell and Bernie Hewitt.
Meanwhile the fairer sex is represented by Team Teal ambassadors Ellen Rixon, Emma Turnbull and KerryAnn Turner as well as Angela Hedges and Ashlee Grives.
And if the female drivers win the $14,000 penalty free feature on February 12 on overall finishing positions, there will be a bonus for the Women’s Cancer Foundation
“If the girls do prevail in this feature the Harness Racing New South Wales Board has endorsed that $1000 will go towards the Women’s Cancer Foundation,” HRNSW chief executive John Dumesny said.
The Team Teal promotion is currently taking place in NSW where all female drivers will wear teal coloured pants in official races from February 1 to March 11 to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
Adding to this cause, HRNSW along with corporate sponsor Tabcorp will donate $200 each, so a total of $400, every time a female driver wins a race during the Team Teal campaign.
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Kriden Park Drivers Invitational
C2-C5 Penalty Free Event – 1609m PBD/C
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GIRLS
Ellen Rixon
Emma Turnbull
KerryAnn Turner
Angela Hedges
Ashlee Grives
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BOYS
Steve Turnbull
Nathan Hurst
Mat Rue
Kel Winnell
Bernie Hewitt
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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 33 racing clubs across the State. HRNSW is headed by an industry-appointed Board of Directors and is independent of Government.
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