Several Otago and Southland performers have been nominated for categories at next month's South Island Racing Awards.
Star Otago performer Gallant Boy will again go head to head with the horse he nosed out in the White Robe Lodge Weight For-Age in the miler of the year category.
Boots 'N' All, who could win the award posthumously after his sudden death in April, is nominated alongside fellow Cantabrians Residential and Who Dares Wins.
Southern jumpers Tai Ho and Jackfrost, who both had their seasons ended by injury, will contest the jumper of the year category.
Rider Stuart Higgins, who rode both horses, looks set to win the jumps rider category ahead of mainly flat jockey Jacob Lowry.
Lowry is a finalist for jockey of the year alongside Chris Johnson and Terry Moseley.
Apprentice jockey of the year looks one of the most hotly-contested categories.
Wingatui rider Corey Campbell has been nominated alongside Cantabrians Corey Campbell, Kavish Chowdhoory, Tina Comignaghi and Tanya Jonker.
White Robe Lodge is certain to take home an award - its stallions, Gallant Guru, Ghibellines and Raise The Flag, hold the three nominations for the stallion of the year. Stud proprietors Brian and Lorraine Anderton are nominated for the breeders of the year category.
Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler is nominated for owner of the year and trainer of the year, alongside daughter Aimee.
The South Island Racing Awards take place at Riccarton on September 20.
