Tetrick wins World Driving Championships opener
February 21, 2015,from Harness Racing Australia
USA representative Tim Tetrick drew first blood in the 2015 World Driving Championship steering Shannonsablast to victory in the first of the twenty heats. Tonight’s meeting was conducted at Tabcorp Park Menangle and Tetrick looked at home on the spacious 1400 metre circuit sending his horse forward from the outside barrier. Australia’s Chris Alford was able to get off the inside late to finish second, securing important points.
The second heat saw the international drivers compete on trotters and it was no surprise to see one of the European drivers take out the event. Finland’s Mika Forss drove the Darren Hancock trained On Thunder Road and it fought strongly in the straight to hold off a late challenge from the Guillermo Adrover driven Kyvalley Blur.
https://vimeo.com/120228441 heat one
https://vimeo.com/120229868 heat two
Points after the first two heats are:
Tim Tetrick 21
Chris Alford 19
Mika Forss 18
Guillermo Adrover 17
Jody Jamieson 16
Dexter Dunn 12
Knud Monster 10
Vidar Hop 8
Tony Le Beller 7
Pierre Vercryusse 4
The Championship heads to Newcastle tomorrow evening for a further three heats. After tonight’s victory Mika Forss looks set to continue his charge up the leader board. Forss will drive Son Of A Star in heat three, a horse that has won and been placed twice in its past five starts. In heat four Forss will partner Go Lassie Go for Shane Tritton, the leading trainer in New South Wales. While in the final heat of the evening he will drive short priced favorite Saturday.
- Alford grabs lead after round two of World Driving Champions (Sunday, February 22, 2015)
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- World Driving Championship competitors head to Wagga Wagga (Monday, February 23, 2015)
Today we arrived in Wagga Wagga which is the largest inland city in New South Wales with a population of about 70,000. The drive was about five hours in the bus, but with a couple of stops this stretched to about six hours.
- Dexter Dunn (NZ) takes lead in World Driving Championships; Tetrick second (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)
Seven heats of the harness racing World Driving Championship were run in the city of Wagga Wagga, situated 455 kilometres south of Sydney.
- Dunn extends his WDC lead with four heats to go (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)
Two of the international drivers struck gold, with Denmark’s Knud Monster and France’s Pierre Vercruysse recording their first wins in the 2015 Championship but the night will most be remembered for the dominance of New Zealand representative Dexter Dunn as he stretched his lead from 14 points to 39.
- Dunn takes insurmountable lead into final heat of WDC (Thursday, February 26, 2015)
The World Driving Championship headed to Penrith Thursday night (Feb. 26) for three heats. With just one heat now remaining, New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn cannot be beaten in the Championship. However, four drivers are still in contention for second place. Tony Le Beller, Tim Tetrick, Mika Forss and Jody Jamieson will battle it out to be the runner-up.
- World Driving Championship concludes; Tetrick finishes third (Sunday, March 01, 2015)
The World Driving Championship has been completed after the final heat was held at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Inter Dominion day. New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn brought Global View with a well timed run to win the race and it was no surprise considering the success that Dunn has had during the Championship.