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Team Teal for 2024 has come to an end, but this year looked a little different for WA with the South West Pony Trots getting behind the fantastic initiative.

With six young members involved, we saw Ruby Woodworth, Brooke Strachan, Addison Sharp, Mikayla Vlemmix, Maisie Reeves and Ruby Russell don the teal pants from February 1 to March 15, with the girls flying the flag over the six-weeks to take out four races during the Team Teal campaign.

The South West Pony Trots raised $218 during the six-week period, surpassing their goal of $200, with a further $392 to be added to their campaign with the gold coin donations collected on the gate at Bunbury Trotting Club.

The Trots WA raised a further $1178.

This year we saw WA reinswomen claim a total of 52 wins over the six weeks, raising a total of $20,400, with the harness racing industry throughout Australia and New Zealand raising a whopping $178,400, with the Teal Pants winning a total of 408 races nationwide, and a further 76 in New Zealand.

This year's ambassadors of WA included top reinswomen Deni Roberts and Emily Suvaljko, as well as training ambassadors Jocelyn Young and Jemma Hayman, who's runners wore the Team Teal silks throughout the campaign.

Racing WA continued their support to Team Teal with a $15,000 contribution.

The Final Tally, with Deni Roberts on top with a whopping 21 driving wins throughout the six-week period.

Deni Roberts – 21

Jocelyn Young – 11 driving wins, 6 training wins.

Maddison Brown – 8

Emily Suvaljko – 6

Briana Edmund – 3

Emily Johnson – 2

Lauren Harper – 1