This year, a new event on the Women In Racing agenda was a trip to the Canterbury night races in Sydney.
Some of us met up at the Canberra racecourse to be picked up by the coach at 2pm. The temperature was in the high 30's and we we soaked with sweat by the time the coach arrived. We were looking forward to getting out of the heat, and were surprised to find the coach not much cooler. Michael explained that the coach would take a bit of time to cool down, so we sat back and waited while we headed north to Sydney.
We waited for the coach to cool down, and waited, and waited. But it stayed hot and uncomfortable for the whole trip. At least we had lots of ice cold champagne to drink.
We arrived at about 6pm and were glad to get out of the coach an into the cooler evening air.
Fortunately Canterbury has reciprocal arrangements with Canberra, so after showing our Canberra members' cards, we were given Canterbury guest member passes. It was a $5 entry, $5 food, and $5 drink evening as well.
Canterbury is larger than Canberra, and had several levels in their stand. We headed up to the top level and took over one of the bar areas, with Les and Steve negotiating with the bar staff to avoid having to pay for the lounge seating. There was a great atmosphere at Canterbury with quite a large number of people there for an evening's entertainment.
The races started at 7pm the finished at 10pm, with most of the races running under strong floodlights. The horses didn't seem to mind at all.
By the time it was time to leave the temperature had dropped a lot, so the faulty coach airconditioning wasn't a problem. We had an uneventful trip back to Canberra, with many dozing off on the way. We got back to Canberra at about 2am and everybody was looking forward to their beds.
Overall, we had a great time. A slideshow of the day are below. If you can't see the slideshow, then click here.
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