Lisa Allpress and Kevin Myers went back-to-back winning the jockey and leading trainer's titles, while Myers also remains unbeaten as the region's jumps trainer to retain the Tom Corrigan Trophy. In fact, Myers has also yet to be beaten for the leading trainer's title since the Wanganui awards began at the beginning of this century.
Allpress had bigger goals in mind at the start of the 2015/16 season aiming for a top three spot on the national premiership and/or a Group One win to cement another three-month riding contract in Japan.
She did better than that, of course winning the national premiership with 171 wins, posting five wins in a day on two occasions at Oamaru and Hawera. The 44-year-old flew out to Japan on September 6.
Myers rewrote the record books on his way to winning the national jumps premiership claiming almost a third of all jumping races in the New Zealand calendar. Of the 103 jumps races available, Myers won 34, 29 ahead of his nearest rival.
The Turakina maestro took 20-year-old rider Shaun Fannin along for the ride. Fannin, who based himself at Myers' Turakina home during the season, rode 25 winners and most of those were for his new boss.
According to New Zealand jumps statistician Chris McQuaid Myers recorded his sixth national jumps training premiership in a row for a calendar year, and his ninth overall when confined to the traditional racing season that runs from August 1 to July 31 (although shared in 1999 with Ann and Ken Browne).
He took his overall jumps training tally past 350 and although Myers is no stranger to premiership success, Fannin has only been riding for three years, and both have set record tallies by such margins that they may never be beaten.
Myers also finished third on the national flat trainers' premiership with 81 winners, easily enough to take the Wanganui Trainer of the Year title.
Not content with those achievements, Myers also racked up his 1000th career win during the season.
Hunterville mare Wee Biskit won the Wanganui Jumper of the Year title on her own this year after tying with Mr Mor the season before, while Two-Year-Old went to the Nikki Marshall-trained Technician. Three-year-old of the Year went to Perfect Harmonee prepared by recently retired trainer Paul Belsham.
Belsham's input to racing was recognised when he claimed the Stuart Tasker Memorial Personality of the Year trophy.
Stayer of the Year was the Adrian and Harry Bull-owned and trained Benzini, while the Most Successful Breeder was Judith Hewitt for producing the ever-constant performer Taurus.
