TAREE Wingham Race Club, buoyed by the success of the 2015 Stacks Law Firm Taree Gold Cup TAB meeting, is planning to increase prizemoney for next year's big social day.
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Club chairman Greg Coleman said the prizemoney increases would go to some of the minor races as well as the cup.
"The club will be looking at its balance sheet at the end of the year and make a decision then," he said.
Coleman said patrons for this year's carnival came from many districts and States and this in itself was encouraging by having that support.
Attendance was up on the previous year but this to a large extent was due to the good weather compared with 2014.
TAB turnover was down slightly but this was due to last year's stand-alone meeting competing with one at Nowra on Sunday.
More than $1.4million was invested on the first day of the carnival on Friday and on the Sunday one race was up more than $100,000 in turnover on the previous year to suggest that this one was entitled to increased prizemoney.
It was won by Warwick Farm gelding Magic Dallas, trained by Jason Coyle, he being most happy to return to his old stomping ground where he had plenty of winners when training out of Newcastle.
Proceeds from refreshments and food were up on the previous year and most notably 135 bookings were received for the sit-down luncheon in the Winning Post Function Centre.
And for the first time Broadmeadow trainer Paul Perry, French jockey Thomas Huet and overseas bred Ghost Protocol, by Cockney Rebel (Ire) out of Stroke Of Six (Ire) were successful in the $60,000 cup over 2000m.
Ironically, Ghost Protocol was the first bought by the Perry stable at the tried horse sales.
"I think it had a win or some placings prior to us getting him," Shannon Perry, the trainer's son said.
Huet said he thought he was on the best horse in the race and he rode it accordingly for the just under a length win.
"This track is one of the best for us to travel to," Shannon added.
The Perry stable only recently started to bring gallopers north for races at Bushland Drive Racecourse after an absence of about five years.
It was deemed that the track had been revamped to such an extent that all horses were given their chance, as against the one which played up under wet weather. Once again the city and provincial gallopers proved strongest, the first local galloper home was Taree-bred Get On The Grange which finished fifth for Port trainer Neil Godbolt.