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| Mother and daughter |
Being a horsey gal, I've always enjoyed going to the races. When I was a kid, I loved going to the racing stables and admiring the horses with Dad when we made our regular trips to collect stable manure for the garden. The past few years, I have missed Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival, so I was excited to have the opportunity to go to Stakes Day with my Mum on Saturday. Mum had never been to the races, so it was fun to dress up together, prepare a picnic and head off for the day.
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| Studying the form guide |
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| Checking out the horses in the stable area |
We arrived nice and early to get a good spot on the rails, about 100 metres back from the finishing line and within eyesight of a big screen. We spent the few hours before the races began people watching, choosing horses for our bets, checking out the betting ring and admiring the horses in the stable area. Oh, and feasting on cheese, dips, sourdough bread, sundried tomatoes, veggies and the desserts that seem to be the 'in' thing right now, macarons.
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| Bart! |
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| And they're racing! |
Once the races began, we stood on the rails and cheered for 'our' horses, although we didn't have much success on the betting front. The highlight of the horses for the day was definitely seeing Black Caviar race. For those of you who are not in Australia or who have had their head in the sand, Black Caviar is the world's best sprinter at the moment and on Saturday, she won her 16th consecutive race (I think the record is 18 or something like that). The atmosphere surrounding her race was amazing, with the crowd waving Black Caviar flags and sporting Black Caviar masks.
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| The crowd |
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| Flags for Black Caviar |
It was an incredibly hot day and Mum and I both struggled with the heat, so we ended up buying a Flemington umbrella so that we had some shade in our prime position on the lawn. Despite the shade and a lot of water, we were still too hot, so ended up leaving the after the Stakes, race number 6. Neither of us had felt the urge to drink anything alcoholic at the races due to the heat, so once we were home, we enjoyed a bottle of bubbles, as every mother and daughter should do!
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| And there she is, the superstar herself! |
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| And there she goes, winning the race by several lengths |
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| Leading the winner back to the winner's circle |
1 comment:
Nice pics, thanks for sharing. It was a great race. Looking forward always for more races.
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