The Bombala races for real

Since the abortive trip to the races at Bombala last weekend, the weather has been great, with lots of sun and blue sky.  It was a great contrast to he horrible weather last weekend, and we heard that the races had been transferred to the following weekend.

Unfortunately the weather on Saturday was again rotten - an island of unpleasantness in otherwise nice days.  I reckon the people of Bombala were being punished for something.  Maybe serving warm beer or overcharging tourists.

All day the black clouds came rolling over us, bringing more and more rain.   The only races that weren't rained on were the first and the last.  Which was very fortunate for us.  You see, the Women in Racing association that Karyn is a member of was sponsoring the first race, and because we were the only ones making the trek back down to Bombala this weekend, Karyn got asked to make the trophy presentation to the winner.  She did a fantastic job.

Here she is with the President of the Bombala Jockey Club - Graeme Payten.

We were surprised later when Karyn and Penny were asked to help judge the "fashions on the field" competition.  I reckon that anyone who gets dressed up for a country race meeting in the pouring rain deserves a medal.  Here is Karyn and Penny with Barbara Joseph who formed the judging committee.

Here was the final winner.

 Our horse, Diamond Jay was running in the last race, which was brought forward 15 minutes to try and avoid an approaching stormfront.  Here is the result.

Diamond Jay won by a long neck.
It's not the best photo because of the need to use a fast shutter speed in very poor light.

This time Karyn had to accept the trophy instead of presenting it.  Unfortunately just as she took the microphone the rain poured down and the crowd ran away.  But she and Penny didn't care.  It's always the win that counts.

Just a few miscellaneous photos.

Rain closing in before the last race.