by Mike Love
The Seddon Summer Trotting series, an initiative led by the Seddon Harness Racing Group with support from Harness Racing New Zealand, is beginning to heat up.
After the coast circuit Boy’s Invasion and Anna’s Boy hold the throne each on 12 points, with Masterly breathing down their necks on 11 points.
At the end of the series the connections of the horse with the most points will get a bonus of $10,000, with $3,000 for second and $2,000 for third.
Points for each race is allocated as follows;
1st – 7 points
2nd – 5 points
3rd – 4 points
4th – 3 points
5th – 2 points
Other starters – 1 point
The remaining meetings included in the series are Nelson this weekend January 12 & 14, Blenheim January 19 & 21 and it rounds out back where it began on the coast with Westport March 8 and Reefton March 10th.
Below is the current table;
| Horse | Points |
| Anna’s Boy | 12 |
| Boy’s Invasion | 12 |
| Masterly | 11 |
| Helloveamoment | 8 |
| El Conqueror | 7 |
| Tu Tangata | 7 |
| Son of Patrick | 5 |
| Muscle Bank | 4 |
| The Bloss | 4 |
| Prince Teka | 3 |
| Unico Vacanza | 3 |
| T K Megastar | 1 |
