Today the Forbes racecourse will come to life when 32 dromedary humps hit the track for the 13th annual Forbes Camel Races.
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Camels, trainers and jockeys have travelled from Queensland, South Australia and Victoria to take part in the meet including last year’s Camel Cup champion Chief, trained by Glenda Sutton.
The gates will open at 10am with the first heat to race off at 11.15am and secretary of the Forbes Camel Races Lee Marsh said there would be more than camels to entertain racegoers.
“We’ve got helicopter rides, an antique tractor display, push bike shearing, sheep dog trials, kids foot races, an animal nursery and a lolly drop,” she said. “It’s just a great family fun day out and it’s different to horse racing - camels are very unpredictable.”
Ms Marsh said the races attracted a lot of interest from out of Forbes.
“I’d say most years we would get a crowd of around 4500 and 90 per cent of this number are visitors to town,” she said.
The final race for the Forbes Camel Cup will start at 4.15pm and there will be a total of $3750 prize money up for offer for placegetters.
