Now these guys really know how to dress up! The costumes for the festival are incredible. We went to the horse racing the other day; 300-400 kids (aged 5 to 12) ride 20km in the blazing heat, some bareback & barefoot. The kids & horses all assemble at the finish line, then move off in a huge pack & cover the 20km to the start line. It's a straight line track (well, there's no track as such, but it's sort of a straight line) so by the time they reach the start point you can't see any of the horses. Once the race starts, you wait for about 10 minutes 'til you see an enormous dust cloud appear on the horizon. After another 10 minutes you can make out the riders. By the time they reached the finish, there were 2 riders neck & neck, whipping the horses mercilessly. A bizarre rule for this particular race dictates that in the case of a tie, the winner is the horse on the left; and thus it was this time. The rest of the horses come in over the next 10 minutes, most of them clearly at the point of exhaustion. Understandable - the grand national is 7.2km & the Melbourne cup is only 3.2.
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I think that outfit would suit your physique quite nicely Rich. Maybe you can find a local tailor like Tash has!
Well I was hoping to pick one up for dressups...you never know when you'll be stuck for something to wear during a sudden hot spell.
Great horse riders picture, there is great sense of distance. Love the hair cut too.
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