Reinswomen sweep Wingatui card

Jonny Turner Harness Racing Journalist

Southern reinswoman showed off their skill when sweeping the harness racing programme at yesterday’s dual-code meeting at Wingatui.

Harness racing historians were sent scrambling when women drove the winners of each event on the four-race harness racing card.

The accomplishment is not thought to have been completed in New Zealand harness racing previously.

Kerryn Tomlinson started the reinswomen’s winning run when driving Don’t Look Kobe to victory in race 1.

To notch just the second career victory of her short career, Georgia Goodman produced a well-judged front-running drive to take out race 2 with Itsallaboutthemoney.

Fellow junior driver Mia Holborough found clear air up the rising Wingatui straight for Normie Stead who burst between runners late to win race 3.

Dunedin-born horsewoman Kirstin Green sealed the clean sweep for female drivers on her home patch when Bismark Du Plessis cleared out to win race 4.

Most appropriately, the accomplishment came on the final day of New Zealand harness racing’s team teal campaign.

Each reinswoman wore teal-coloured driving pants as a part of the campaign which raises funds for ovarian cancer research.

Harness Racing New Zealand, the host club and each driver’s sponsors donate funds to the cause during the campaign.

Tomlinson was a team teal ambassador and wore team colours throughout the fundraising effort.