Harness Racing Odds: McMullen Wins Drivers Championship
October 29th, 2014 by Pom de TurfThe Globe Derby Park track played host to a series of races a little more than a week ago that were used to decide the Australian Drivers Championships, and a strong field of gun drivers battled it out for the title and the chance to represent Australia at the upcoming International Drivers Championship. These are all drivers who catch the eye when you see their name behind a horse in those Racing odds, and the standard of competition was incredibly high, with some tight finishes over the course of the night and just a few points separating the top five drivers.
In the end it was Queenslander Pete McMullen who took the title after a titanic tussle with Chris Alford of Victoria that wasn’t resolved until the final race of the evening. Western Australia’s Gary Hall Jnr won that last race to launch himself into second place, and the top pair were followed on the leaderboard by a trio all on the same points: Tasmanian Gareth Rattray, Chris Alford after he could only manage a single point in the final race, and South Australia’s David Harding.
There really was some incredibly high-quality driving on display over the six races on the night, and you would have to think that Australia will be very strongly represented indeed at the International Drivers Championship – and in the meantime, none of the reinsmen or reinswomen on show at Globe Derby Park have done themselves any harm at all. These are definitely the men and women you need to keep an eye out for when you’re checking the Racing odds for the big races coming up – with one of these talented drivers behind them, a horse’s chances definitely get that little bit better!
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