LEADING TRAINER

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30709, 26 March 1965, Page 4

LEADING TRAINER

Donald Ahead On List The Belfast trainer, C. S. Donald, and R. Young are the respective leaders on the lists of successful trainers and drivers at trotting meetings run to March 20, inclusive. However, neither Donald nor Young has a commanding lead and both will be hard pressed to maintain their advantages until the end of the season. Donald has so far produced the winners of 26 races, one more than G. B. Noble and three more than the father and son combination of J. S. and C. S. Hunter. D. G. Jones is in fourth place at present with 22 wins, just ahead of R. Purdon, with 21, followed by P. T. Wolfenden, with 18, and C. C. Devine, with 17. Young has had 33 winning drives so far this season, one more than M. Holmes. D. G. Jones and P. T. Wolfenden, with 27 wins, and D. J. Townley, with 26 wins, are also within striking distance of the leader. G. B. Noble and R. Purdon, with 19 wins, share sixth place on the list, followed by W. R. Butt and C. S. Hunter, with 18, J. A. Carmichael, R. P. Nyhan, and D. C. Watts, with 17, and R. M. Cameron, with 16.

D. R. Grantham, D. G. Jones and R. Young, with eight wins each, share the lead on the list of drivers of winners of races for trotters. M. Holmes and C. S. Hunter have each had seven wins, and P. T. Wolfenden has had six.