Giddy Up!
JOHN “BLUEY”
FORSYTH
BLUEY’S FORESIGHT
This month is a really racy month
for the sports fans, kicking off on
August 5 with the Red Beret Cairns
Cup Carnival for thoroughbred racing,
now scheduled over two Saturdays in
early August.
Ladies Day will be on Saturday
August 5 - traditionally a day that
attracts a wonderful array of
glamourous ladies, as well as giving
local chaps a chance to dust off their
suits for the big day out. Then it’s Red
Beret Cairns Cup Day on Saturday
August 12, with Picnic in the Park
and the Grand Marquee in action -
definitely a day not to missed!
Cairns Golf Club gets in the Cup spirit,
with a Fun Day on Tuesday 8th August,
while on Friday August 11, the Cairns
Jockey Club will host a Cup Luncheon
Giddy Up!
in the trackside Silks Pavilion. Racing
will continue on Friday night with a
six-event Greyhound race program
and the traditional Cairns Cup
Calcutta in the Members Bar. Special
racing guests will be top Melbourne
jockey Noel Callow and Queensland
stud manager Joe Heather.
If you’re planning on a flutter, I
think the trainers to follow over the
Carnival will be the girls - Janelle
Ryan and Samantha Molino. Their
stables are on fire at the moment. Of
course, Roy Chillemi, Trevor Rowe,
John Manzelman and Michael Gearney
will all have strong contenders at both
events. As for the jockeys, Robert
Thompson, Nathan Day, Chris Whiteley,
and Adrian Coome will do battle with
the better known Northern Hoops
including Steve Wilson, Frank Edwards,
Graham Kliese, David Simmonds, Emily
Cass, and Amanda Thomson.
Who doesn’t love Cairns Cup - a
fantastic fun couple of days that only
come around twice a year!
Still racing, but this time with less
legs, the Great Pyramid Mountain
Cross Country Footrace and Country
Fair is on Saturday August 19th.
This race starting in the main street
of Gordonvale, before attacking
Walsh’s Pyramid return, a distance of
around 11.6 kms.
The Carnival Day consisting of
market stalls, children’s rides and
entertainment starts around 10.30am,
and also includes an 1800mm road race
and the ever popular 5km Charity Event.
B e Well,
Bluey
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