Well that is a wrap for the 2019/2020 harness racing season at Tamworth, with some worthy premiership winners.
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Congratulations to the Tamworth connections of Believe In Heaven, who has taken out both the KTR Standardbred Stud Horse of the Year gong and the 067 Local Horse of the Year award - sponsored by on-course photographer PeterMac Photography.
Believe In Heaven is raced by Joy Missen and her late mother Betty Pollard, and trained by Tony Missen.
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Missen produced seven winners from the Rock N Roll Heaven-My Exotic Lover gelding this season.
For Cessnock reinsman Blake Hughes it has been a good season of driving at Tamworth, with the 18-year-old taking out the MULTIQUIP-sponsored drivers premiership.
He had the added bonus of picking up the same premiership at his home track of Newcastle.
Jemma Coney has also claimed a double premiership at Tamworth - taking out the Johns Auto Service Local Female Drivers Premiership as well as the Peter and Shirley Hillam Junior U23 Drivers Premiership.
It has been a big season for Jemma, who is at present working for the Clayton Harmey stables at Cessnock, with Clayton also taking out the HYGAIN-sponsored trainers premiership at Tamworth.
For the Harness Racing NSW state premierships, Coney and her sister Madi Young both had 17 wins for the season in the Leading Female Driver Premiership, with the winner Amanda Turnbull (111 wins).
Congratulations also to former Tamworth reinsman Tom Ison, who has had a great achievement in his career in taking out the Harness Racing NSW Concession Drivers Premiership with 115 winners and 129 placings from 468 drives.
He finished ahead of Blake Hughes, who had 110 winning drives and 131 placings from 457 drives and Sydney based Cameron Hart, with 101 winning drives and 190 placings.
Ison also finished fourth in the Harness Racing NSW State Premiership, with that title taken out by Luke McCarthy on 168 wins.
The season for Ison has seen wins at Menangle including a Group 3 feature race with Pitch Perfect back in June and driving five winners on the program at Tamworth back in April.
The purchase of Deanne Panya out of New Zealand, in partnership with his aunt Gina Ostle, has also given the 22-year-old some highlights throughout the season with six wins from 17 race starts.
The Tamworth Paceway has just undertaken a track resurface in readiness for the first meeting for the 2020/21 racing season on September 10. And if you would like a horse to place into your little black book, take note of the win of Artful Jack at Tamworth last start.
The two-year-old was up against older horses in taking out the Multiquip Transport Pace in 1min 59.6sec for the Team Tritton Fractional Ownership Group.
And with Shane and Lauren currently in the United States and having success with their team, it is Roy Roots jnr who is handling the training of the Renaissance Man-Jackie One colt who picked up his third win on the trot from five race starts. The other two successes were at Newcastle.
