Cooktown Races

It has been over two years since Cooktown held her annual Amateur Race meeting at the pretty race track that sits at the foot of Mt Cook. Last year there was some problem with dates and finding country meet horses to race. Normally held in July which provides a cooler day, there was no stopping most of the town from fronting up in their fascinators, frocks and akubra's for a stunning spring day.

In usual Cooktown style, the women outshone the men and the standard of dress was just amazing. The line up of local ladies in the Fashions on the Field attests to either not having enough opportunities to dress up or to just stunning good taste. Local lady Bronwyn had created many of the fascinators walking the course and it was great to see so many people had made the effort. That included the kids as there were a number of young girls dressed up and hoping to enter a young fashions section. Maybe next year.
After the five races and some great horse power bounding up the track, it was time for the humans to show their mettle with a 100 metres dash. And all that before the sun went down and the stayers settled in for a night of entertainment from the local band Rough and Ready. There might be a few sore heads around town today but it was a great weekend and lets hope we don't have to wait another two years before getting that fascinator out of the cupboard.