Few things give Aaron Bullock more pleasure than to look over on the drive home from a country race meeting and see a Country Cup or Championships trophy sitting on the passenger’s seat.

Aaron Bullock, trailing leader Tyler Schiller by three wins in the NSW Jockeys' Premiership, has an outstanding book of rides at Newcastle Jockey Club's mammoth nine-race meeting on Saturday.

The Newhaven Park Country Championships heads to Tamworth on Sunday for the $150,000 Hunter & North West region’s qualifier.

Kris Lees’ richly talented four-year-old Tavi Time, second favourite to win the $1 million Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Final at Randwick on April 13, kicks off his campaign in the Newcastle Qualifier on Saturday.

How do you stick with two horses you’re keen to partner when they’re racing on the same day at different venues? If you’re jockey Aaron Bullock you just hope the timing’s on your side.