When Terry Evans made the decision to move to Tuncurry some 15 years ago the thought that the fledgling club, who hadn't yet held a race meeting, could host something as huge as a Newhaven Park Country Championships was still in the pipe dream stage.

With the opportunity to steer a path towards the upcoming Newhaven Park Country Championship series, Boncassie ($3.60 favourite on TAB) is set to provide the testing material in the $65,000 GemLife Queen of the North at Port Macquarie on Friday.

Trainer Wayne Wilkes is well aware of what it takes to be competitive in the Newhaven Park Country Championships Final and because of that says Chase My Crown has no margin for error at Taree on Sunday.

There are bigger horses in the Tuncurry stables of trainer Terry Evans but few have the confidence and will to win of a four-year-old mare called Par Avion.

When there’s a $150,000 race on your doorstep it’s worth having a shot so Taree trainer Karen Owen is hoping Sound And Vision can force his way into the Newhaven Park Mid North Coast Country Championships via Port Macquarie on Sunday.