Darwin’s biggest horse racing event underway

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Darwin is gearing up for one of its biggest social events of the year with about ten thousand people expected to attend the Darwin Cup at Fannie Bay racecourse.

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00:00Well, there's more than 10,000 people tipped to come through at Fanny Bay Racecourse today,

00:06where people will be watching Darwin's premier racing event, and indeed one of the largest

00:11social events in the Northern Territory that takes place annually throughout the year,

00:15since the Cup first began here in Darwin in 1956.

00:19However, this year the Darwin Turf Club has noted there'll be fewer attendees after one

00:24of the major attendance areas was shut, due to fears that not as many people could come

00:29through the gates, due to cost of living pressures.

00:31Look, it is challenging.

00:33We've got to compete with a lot of events this time of year in Darwin anyway, but yeah,

00:39I think what we put on, what the product we put on, and the racing we have up in Darwin

00:44over the last, certainly the last eight days, showcases what we can do up here, so encourage

00:50those that can come up to get your backside trackside and head up to Darwin.

00:55As for its competition though, its main opponent likely to be Wolfburn, back to second favourite

01:00in the race, and trained by former Darwin Cup winner Gary Clark.

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