Sarah O'Reilly crowned 2021 Champion

The 2021 McMillan Equine Feeds NZ Junior Driver Champion has been found.

Congratulations to Sarah O’Reilly who finished the Championship on 62 points and is crowned the 2021 Champion. Due to Sarah already qualifying for the Australasian Young Drivers Championship as the Defending Champion the second placed John Morrison will attend as the NZ representative in Australia in December.

Zev Meredith finished in third place after his win aboard Markham Eyre earlier today.

The South Island team was successful in taking out the InterIsland Challenge with 246 points.

We would like to thank all the trainers who supported this series and also our sponsor McMillan Equine Feeds.

Final points table

Sarah O’Reilly 62
John Morrison 54
Zev Meredith 45
Sheree Tomlinson 43
Kerryn Tomlinson 37
Nathan Delany 31
Luke Whittaker 29
Ben Hope 29
Kaleb Bublitz 28
Andrew Drake 25
Alicia Harrison 21
Mark Hurrell 21

South Island 246
North Island 179


For more information you can contact:
Courtney Buchanan
Harness Racing NZ
courtney@hrnz.co.nz or 027 636 4355

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