Wednesday Night 23rd December saw an eight (8) race program conducted on a pleasant Summer's evening. The track had received continuous heavy rain in the two (2) days prior to the meeting, but with a lot of attention from the track staff earlier in the day, a good track surface was presented in readiness for the meeting to commence at 6.08pm.
A good crowd of spectators was on-site to enjoy the racing and festive activities with Santa arriving on his bright red fire truck after Race 3. There was three (3) draws in the Christmas Raffle, with prizes going to:
* Norm Soles (Chritmas Ham)
* Holly Binge (Christmas Hamper)
* Alan Brown (Christmas Ham)
The Competition Winners were:
THE PUB DRIVE OF THE DAY: BRAD ELDER driving
ANGELINA JULIE from the Ian Mabbott stable in race 1.
BRAD receives 1 bottle of wine
courtesy The Pub, Gunnedah Rd Tamworth
HAZELLS FARM AND FERTILIZER SERVICES LOCAL TRAINER AWARD
(a random draw from the local 67 phone area trainers, who have horses engaged in the race meeting, with a time restriction as to when the winning trainer can re-enter subsequent draws)
The TWENTIENTH draw was won by Trainer: STUART GLASBY
STUART receives 2 bags Hygain feed courtesy Hazells Farm & Fertilizer Services.
SHORT SEASON PREMIERSHIPS:
Due to the Australian Harness Racing Season changing to 1st January to 31st December each year, the Club has instigated Short Season Premierships to fill the period between the end of the last full premiership season on 31st August 2020 and the start of the new premiership season on 1st January 2021.
The Short Season Premierships will be:
Follow this link to view the Short Season Premierships Table:
FOR THE MEETING'S RACE RESULTS PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK:
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=TA231220