{"id":141553,"date":"2024-09-07T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=141553"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:16:39","slug":"media-release-iconic-outback-races-deliver-dusty-fun-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/media-release-iconic-outback-races-deliver-dusty-fun-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release | Iconic Outback Races Deliver Dusty Fun in the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Media Release | Iconic Outback Races Deliver Dusty Fun in the Sun<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141554 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ICONIC-OUTBACK-RACES-DELIVER-DUSTY-FUN-IN-THE-SUN-01-e1725721954774.png\" alt=\"ICONIC OUTBACK RACES DELIVER DUSTY FUN IN THE SUN 01\" width=\"600\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>2024 Birdsville Races \u2013 today, Friday, 6 September and tomorrow Saturday, 7 September 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Images and videos from the event will be available\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1O6fLBKaIELYvlle6fXOE--_tbaL6YUZCi0xT0JQ2zIc\/edit?usp=drive_link\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1O6fLBKaIELYvlle6fXOE--_tbaL6YUZCi0xT0JQ2zIc\/edit?usp%3Ddrive_link&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725784724919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Sql5KsOXL7-S6MO8mByRb\">HERE<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><em>Additional footage delivered via Dejero to Nine newsroom<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>[Birdsville, QLD &#8211; 6 September 2024]<\/strong>\u00a0The 142<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the historic\u00a0<strong>Birdsville Races\u00a0<\/strong>kicked off today with costumed, colourful punters lighting up the dusty outback track for the first day of racing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">3,000 punters converged on the iconic racetrack that sits on the edge of the Simpson Desert for the two-day race meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The first day of the carnival known as the\u00a0<strong>Melbourne Cup of the Outback<\/strong>, featured\u00a0<strong>trainers<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0jockeys<\/strong>\u00a0hailing as far afield as SA, VIC and the NT \u2013 with a strong contingent of from home state QLD in for the first day of Western Queensland&#8217;s richest two-day race meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On her first day at the legendary event,\u00a0<strong>Birdsville Races Ambassador Grace Hayden\u00a0<\/strong>said, \u201cThis is my first time to Outback Queensland and the whole trip has been amazing. It\u2019s such a beautiful landscape, and everyone has been so friendly and welcoming.\u00a0 I go to the races a lot, but these are the most unique I\u2019ve ever experienced. There\u2019s something special about seeing thoroughbred horses galloping down the track with a cloud of dust behind them. I can\u2019t wait to do it all again tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled with the numbers we\u2019ve had through the gates today and it looks like we\u2019ve just pipped our 2023 crowd.\u00a0 It\u2019s awesome to see so many making the trip out to Birdsville for the races. We\u2019ve had Group 1 winning trainer Phillip Stokes make a surprise visit to bring three generations of Stokes racing royalty to the event \u2013 joining his son Tommy, who manages his Adelaide operation and dad Ron and their stable of horses including Cup favourites and last year\u2019s winner, Neodium, and his beloved stable mate Trumpsta,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Birdsville Races Club Vice President Gary Brook.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We have other trainers with deep connections to Birdsville such as Darwin based\u00a0<strong>Phillip Cole<\/strong>\u00a0who has travelled the furthest, alongside first-timers keen to experience the magic of the outback for themselves. We\u2019ve had another cracking day of weather after a beautiful sunny meet last year and have an order in for more of the same tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This year\u2019s field also featured strong representation from female jockeys, including apprentices\u00a0<strong>Chloe Lowe, Savannah McCann<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Dakota Gillett<\/strong>\u00a0who hit the dusty track for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Along with faces like Grace Hayden who are new to the races, are stalwarts of the event including\u00a0<strong>Race Caller Josh Fleming\u00a0<\/strong>has been calling the Birdsville Races since 1998 when he was just 14 years old and has worked his way up in the industry to Chief Races Caller for Sky Racing Brisbane\u2019s Group 1 major metropolitan meets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI love the Birdsville Races. They gave me my start in the industry and believed in me when I was just a kid starting out, so it\u2019s something I\u2019ll always come back to. So many of us have been coming for 20 to 30 years. It\u2019s like an annual family reunion. There\u2019s something very special about the Birdsville Races that keeps all of us who work on it, as well as punters, coming back year after year,\u201d said Josh Fleming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">While some come for the horses, the Birdsville Races weekend is equally famous for its unconventional fashions and trackside frivolities with racegoers donning wild and wacky costumes that included blow up rooster, Mexicans from Gordan, Victoria, bright coloured Birdsville Races Roadies teams and a group of Hogan\u2019s Heroes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Birdsville Races Roadies also travelled from far afield including The Dusty in the Dust group of twelve friends who have spent a week travelling through outback Queensland to Birdsville for four days of fun in town before heading back out on the 2,200+km round trip on a two-week journey back home.\u00a0 Two of the group, Elvis and Sheree will celebrate their 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0wedding anniversary while on the bucket list trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The OBE Organic VIP marquee ticket holders sat trackside enjoying a menu that included beef OBE beef pad Thai, BBQ Korean OBE beef bowl with spicy peanut sauce and rare roasted chermoula crust OBE porterhouse, as well as vegetarian and chicken options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Last night a special Birdsville Races RFDS \u2018Light the Lanterns\u2019 Gala was staged for the first time at the Racetrack to help shine a light on the vital service the Royal Flying Doctor Service provides as a cornerstone of medical care in rural and remote Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe gala event gave racegoers a unique opportunity to experience the Birdsville Racetrack at night under the stars \u2013 and it raised nearly $17,000 for the RFDS. The lanterns lit down the track were beautiful. It\u2019s something that will become a permanent fixture on the event line-up it was so well received,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Ginnie Hope-Johnstone, Event Manager, Birdsville Race Club<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The event also saw a collaboration with Western Queensland Spirit of a special limited edition Birdsville Races Gin launched, with sales of the gin also adding to the RFDS fundraising tally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Tomorrow sees the 2023 race program culminate with the headline 1,600m TAB Birdsville Cup, with a $50,000 prize purse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Birdsville Races are a full TAB meet with the combined prize money for the 13-race carnival topping more than $300,000. The total prize pool for the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, which includes the Birdsville Races as well as the Betoota and Bedourie Races, now sits at a record $452,000 &#8211; making it the richest two weeks of racing in Outback Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Punters across Australia can experience all action from the Birdsville Races from the comfort of their own homes on Sky Racing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Birdsville Races are proudly supported by the Queensland Government, through Tourism and Events Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>About the Birdsville Races<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The bucket list Birdsville Races are the most remote thoroughbred horse races in the world.\u200b\u200bStaged in the spectacular Simpson Desert of Outback Queensland, the Birdsville Races have a rich history of dirt track racing, fashions on the field and colourful characters spanning 142 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Known as the Melbourne Cup of the Outback, the Birdsville Races generate millions of dollars in tourism spending for Outback Queensland, as well as being a much-needed social event for remote property holders and communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The combined prize money for the\u00a0<strong>13-race carnival<\/strong>\u00a0tops more than $300,000, plus bonuses. The Birdsville Cup prize money alone is $50,000. The event also supports the important outback medical work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For more information, visit\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsvilleraces.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.birdsvilleraces.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725784724919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0j5B-8a_zeaXvSd2pcypnJ\">www.birdsvilleraces.com<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>For media inquiries, please contact:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Kylie Edwards<\/strong>, Cardinal Spin | M: 0422 233 996 | E:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:kylie@cardinalcomms.com.au\">kylie@cardinalcomms.com.au<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Georgia Kinninmont<\/strong>, Cardinal Spin | M: 0430 355 295 | E:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:georgia@cardinalcomms.com.au\">georgia@cardinalcomms.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Media Release | Iconic Outback Races Deliver Dusty Fun in the Sun 2024 Birdsville Races \u2013 today, Friday, 6 September and tomorrow Saturday, 7 September 2024 Images and videos from the event will be available\u00a0HERE Additional footage delivered via Dejero to Nine newsroom [Birdsville, QLD &#8211; 6 September 2024]\u00a0The 142nd\u00a0edition of the historic\u00a0Birdsville Races\u00a0kicked off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[70256,70254,70255],"class_list":{"0":"post-141553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-birdsville-race-club","9":"tag-iconic-outback-races-deliver-dusty-fun-in-the-sun","10":"tag-melbourne-cup-of-the-outback","11":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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