The premiership battle was set for an exciting conclusion at Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Tuesday but the meeting was abandoned due to the state of the track.

Originally postponed from Friday after the track was deemed unsafe for racing, a further seven millimetres of rain ended any chances of the meeting going ahead.

Heywood trained two winners at Wagga on July 10 to take a one win lead over fellow Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland.

Neither brought up a winner at the meeting transferred nine days later it was enough to score the prize with 27 wins.

Pleased to take out the honour for the first time, Heywood was disappointed the meeting has been lost after having nine horses set to run.

“I would prefer to race but what do you?,” Heywood said.

After moving from Harden three years ago, Heywood thought training with better facilities and increasing his numbers helped him achieve the goal.

“The last two seasons have been terrific and I’ve got a very good staff so it’s a team effort,” he said.

“We went well last season when we dead heated with Trev (Sutherland) for second.”

In a change from previous years, all three premierships were going to go down to the wire at Murrumbidgee Turf Club

The SDRA jockeys and apprentice jockeys were also set to be decided on Tuesday but Nick Souquet has held on for another jockeys title.

With 32 wins he finished one win clear of John Kissick and Simon Miller to claim the honour for the second time in three years.

One win only separated the apprentices with Jason Collins finishing with 17 wins to just hold off Nick Heywood.

Heywood was set to return to the saddle following a suspension but after missing four months with a knee injury fell just one win short in his second year of racing.

With so much time of the sidelined his father Chris thought the 19-year-old had done well to get so close to back to back apprentice titles.

“To only get beaten by one is a really good job,” Chris said.

“If he was lucky enough to not get injured he would probably would have knocked if off no problems, but he is still going well.”

With the meeting abandoned NSW’s longest race - the Riverina Cup (3800m) - will now be run at Murrumbidgee Turf Club’s meeting on August 21.