Wigg gets third at world amateur drivers’ championships

New Zealand harness racing representative Cheree Wigg has finished third at the world amateur drivers’ championships in Finland.

The championships, featuring nine races at three different tracks at Teivo, Mikkeli and Jokimaa, concluded overnight with Wigg finishing on 69 points, just behind winner Ove Bakkevold Reime from Norway on 72 and Spain’s Antonia Vaquer Staschel on 71.

Twelve drivers took part in the championships, with Wigg securing third following a second in the ninth and final race. It was her best result of the championships.

It was the Canterbury-based trainer-driver’s first trip to Scandanavia but her second world championships, after finishing seventh in 2018 in Belgium while her twin sister Sheryl was New Zealand’s representative in Italy in 2022.

Wigg drove in seven of the nine races.

Her championships :

Leg 1 Isabell Boost – 6th
Leg 2 Brave Scion – 3rd
Leg 3 Too Smooth For You – 5th
Leg 4 – scratched
Leg 5 Finish Amiraal – 7th
Leg 6 Francis Journey – 3rd
Leg 7 – Bakis – 9th
Leg 8 – scratched
Leg 9 – Moonlight Black 2nd

From Harness Racing New Zealand