Belinda McCarthy joins Team Teal

12 February 2016

 

ONE of the leading female trainers in New South Wales Belinda McCarthy has thrown her support behind the ovarian cancer awareness campaign currently underway.  Belinda offered for some of her horses to carry the Women’s Cancer Foundation colours during the campaign and went one step further offering to donate money to the cause.

 

“I caught up with Duncan McPherson at Melton last weekend and I told him as a female trainer I was keen to be a part of Team Teal so he offered to get the stable a set of Women’s Cancer Foundation silks,” Belinda said.

 

“I then spoke with Harness Racing NSW boss John Dumesny and said that I would donate $100 to the Women’s Cancer Foundation each time one of my horses won carrying their silks and he agreed to match my donation.”

 

The Women’s Cancer Foundation silks will be the reverse of those worn by ambassadors Lauren Panella, Emma Turnbull and Ellen Bartley.  The silks will be teal with a Women’s Cancer Foundation logo.

 

“It is a fantastic cause and it is great to see the sport involved and raising money.  Many of our owners are contributing by allowing the drivers to wear the colours and donating money.”

 

The McCarthy stable also confirmed the connections of Bling It On had agreed to donate five percent of the money he earns on Saturday night to the Women’s Cancer Foundation.  Bling It On will compete in the $200,000 Cordina Chicken Farms Sprint and is the $1.70 favourite.  Should he win it would mean a donation of $6,000.

 

“A big thank you to the owners of Bling It On -  Harvey Kaplan, Peter O’Shea and Sammy Kilgour are right behind the idea and hopefully he can do a great job for the foundation this weekend.”

 

Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) is the controlling body for harness racing in New South Wales with responsibility for commercial and regulatory management of the industry including 31 racing clubs across the State.  HRNSW is headed by an industry-appointed Board of Directors and is independent of Government.