Have been watching the spring racing carnival (racing = horse racing; carnival = Melbourne.) Two things that tickled me. The first is, during betting updates, the references to "top-flight" money. Example: the racing desk crosses to smickly dressed bookmaker for an update and bookmaker says, "all the top-flight money is for Cinderella Deal." Who knew some money was better than the rest?
Second thing that caught my eye is a set of racing colours or silks. Owners have their own registered design, a combination of colours and patterns, worn by the jockey. Some use a logo. Some are quite plain. The owners of a mare named Absolutelyfabulous decided on distinctive. Their colours are designed to look like a tuxedo or dinner suit. Wish I had a picture, but I don't, so take a look at this picture and imagine with black sleeves and sides, white down the centre front. And a black bow tie at the neck. I kid you not.
If you owned a racehorse, what colours would you put your jockey in?
Labels: Australian life, my everyday life
posted by Bronwyn Jameson @ 5:32 PM
