COLIN REDWOOD---AUSTRALIA'S REP TO THE WORLD AMATEUR TROT DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP---ITALY JULY 2006..
All roads will lead to Rome when the top guns of light harness amateur race driving will gather to decide just who is the WORLD CHAMPION for 2006.The series will commence on July 18 and will consist of 9 races spanning three meetings.In a format which is considered quite strange in this country,the races contested will carry full tote betting status and will be the feature element of the meetings at which they are programmed.
Australia will be wonderfully well represented by COLIN REDWOOD,a farmer from Bridgewater,in the picturesque Loddon Valley of Victoria.COLIN is a hobby breeder,trainer,and now, in his 70th year,a fill in driver for his son DARREN.The REDWOOD family are well known for their preference for the trotting as opposed to the pacing gait,with the prestigious "REDWOOD CLASSIC" ,a memorial to COLINS father,HUGH.
You will read much more of COLIN REDWOOD,and his fellow competitors as we move towards and cover the international event.Suffice to say,at this point that the genial veteran's 53 year stint in the sulky,mainly on trotters,fits him well for the job to come.