Amazing opening week for Team Teal

WHAT an amazing week it has been for Team Teal.

Just seven days into the campaign and Australia’s leading ladies have won an incredible 59 races!

Between February 1 and March 15 every reinswoman in Australasia is wearing specially-designed teal pants as part of an extraordinary crusade to raise crucial funding and valuable awareness towards ovarian cancer research and education.

State governing bodies, various principal clubs and the TAB have combined to donate $400 to WomenCan for each victory.

Western Australia has taken a different approach and is donated $15,000.

Taleah McMullen opened the account when she was triumphant at Albion Park with Gunna Needamargarita in the second race of first day.

Since then the teal pants crew have registered wins at 20 tracks – including Kate Gath’s Group One glory at Tabcorp Park Melton last Friday night.

Along with numerous doubles, Narissa McMullen and Grace Panella have notched trebles at Albion Park and Newcastle.

Panella’s wins behind Kudos Mason, Nifty Studleigh and Our Bushwhacker equated to her second treble.

“It was awesome,” Panella declared. “I thought a couple of my chances were pretty low, but I’m glad to be proven wrong!

“It was my first meeting driving in the teal pants this year, so to come away with three wins is fantastic.”