Dalgety โคClaims Junior Drivers Championship After dramatic Turn in methven series
Methven, โขNew โZealand – Carter Dalgety secured victory in the New Zealand โJunior Drivers Championships at Methven on Sunday, overcoming a nine-point deficit โto claim the title after a challenging race for North Island competitorโข Monika Ranger.
Ranger had a strong โstart toโค the โseries, winning โone race and placingโค second in another during theโฃ opening โtwo nights at Cambridge and Addington. Though, her chances were significantly hampered when her โคhorse galloped in theโ fifth heat, resulting in both a tenth-place finish and subsequent disqualification.
Dalgety capitalized on Ranger’s misfortune,winningโฃ the fifth leg of the series wihtโ Hey Tonight,establishing a lead he maintained despiteโข finishing second-to-last โin theโข final heat. He becomes the first male to win the series in eight years.
The Junior Driver’s Championships is an annual contest featuring 12 of New Zealand’s leading young harness reinspeople, with horses assigned by ballot. It differs from the Junior Driver’s โpremiership, which is resolute by total wins throughout the season.
dalgety’s win caps a successful 12 months, which already includes Group โ1 victories โwith Republican Party in the Auckland Cup, All Of Me in the Dunstan Sires’ Stakes Final,โค and Fugitive in the Breckonโ Farms โคCardigan Bay Stakes.
Elsewhere at Methven,Esmeraldaโ won the Green Mile and Mighty Logan took โthe open class trot.
Trainer stephenโ Marsh is also enjoying a successful spring, having secured wins inโ the New Zealandโ 1000 Guineas andโ Windsor Park Soliloquy Stakes with Well Written, โฃthe Sarten Memorialโข with swiss Prince, and the Hawkes Bay Guineasโฃ with Magic Carpet. He currently leads the trainer’s black type โraceโค for theโค season with seven wins,including elite level victoriesโค for Ardalio,Ammirati,El Vencedor,and part-owned Ammirati.