Jason Lee says he feels privileged to be the first reinsman awarded The Gav, a new award that honours late reinsman Gavin Lang and is bestowed upon the leading TAB Breeders Crown driver.

Lee was dominant across Friday and Saturday nights, recording victories behind Keayang Livana (4YO trotting mares Championship) and Always Ready (4YO trotting entires and geldings championship) on Friday and Im Ready Jet (pictured) in Saturday’s 3YO trotting fillies final.

Further second placings on Dance Craze and Jilliby Nitro made him a runaway winner of the award, with his 13 points some four clear of second-placed Kate Gath, with David Miles, Chris Alford and Jodi Quinlan equal third on seven points.

“It’s a real privilege to be able to have my name down on that award,” Lee told SENTrack.

“During the week when I first saw that announced, that the Breeders Crown was going to be a bit of a tribute to Gav and the award was there, I thought it would be cool to try and win that one day.

“To be able to do that on the weekend is probably one of the biggest highlights out of the weekend and even throughout my career, I thought that was pretty cool and I reckon that award will be one that people will love to be able to win.”

In addition to the new award, Lang was honoured on Saturday night with a trackside commemorative display and a presentation, which included a video tribute, a minute’s silence and his friend and fellow reinsman John Caldow guiding Lang’s trotter Pantzup for a lap of honour.

“We know how great of a man he was and he might have been a man of a few words, but you always wanted to earn Gav’s respect or be able to link up a conversation with him, just to be able to talk to him,” Lee said.

“I got close enough in the last few years of my driving career that me and Gav always got along really well and it was always good to have a bit of chat to him when you could, not just about racing, but whether it was football or stories of life, he was a great man and it was definitely a privilege to be able to take that award.”

The Gav is awarded to the driver who registers the most points across the Breeders Crown's showcase Friday and Saturday nights, with three points given to a win, two points to a second placing and one point to a third placing. 

‘The Gav’ standings:

1st: Jason Lee 13

2nd: Kate Gath 9

Eq 3rd: David Miles, Chris Alford, Jodi Quinlan 7

6th: Chris Svanosio 6

Eq 7th: Sofia Arvidsson, Anthony Butt, Amanda Turnbull, John Caldow, David Moran, Chris Lang 5

13th: Ryan Duffy 4

Eq 14th: Jack Laugher, Scott Ewen, Mattie Craven, Damian Wilson, Greg Sugars, Kerryn Manning, Daryl Douglas 3

Eq 20th: John Justice, Josh Aiken, Michael Bellman, Alex Ashwood 2

Eq 24th: James Herbertson, Darby McGuigan, Jayden Barker, Denbeigh Wade, Michael Stanley, David Murphy, Abbey Turnbull, Josh Duggan 1

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