But it wasn't just about poring over the form guides with $1000 up for grabs for the greatest garb.

It was a TAB Showcase event, the meeting is expected to lure up to 2000 racegoers.

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Meanwhile, on the action on the track provided a sterling present for Tamworth trainer Craig Martin.

The horse he trains and owns, Present Sense, took out the top prize.

The victory was Present Sense's seventh career victory, for a total of more than $130,000 in career prize money and comes after the seven-year-old gelding claimed the Bingara Cup earlier in the year.

Photos: Gareth Gardner