This week we went to Moruya for its Melbourne Cup Day races.
This time Diamond Jay was in the second race. It’s a nice change from normal where we seem to be always in the last race. For me, that means that I get the chance to take better pictures because there will be more light around. At Bombala a fortnight ago I was battling rain and dark clouds that made taking a high-speed photo difficult.
We decided to get there early because the racing club wouldn’t allow us to book a table in the Members’ Area, and we thought that if the weather was awful we wouldn’t want to be stuck outside. So we got there early enough to get the best table near the windows.
It seemed to drizzle the whole way to Moruya, which was worrying. But when we arrived the rain stopped. The sun even came out after a while and there was even a large spectator turn-out.
It turned out to be a great day, with Diamond Jay winning by 2 lengths.
The crowd was deafened by the screams of delight from Karyn and Penny who then raced down to give DJ a good pat.
Karyn, as usual, gave a speech at the trophy presentation. Unlike last time when the crowd ran away as she spoke, this time they hung around.
A final pose for the photographer… As usual, we couldn’t get the trophy away from Penny for the rest of the day.
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