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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now the Darwin Turf Club are set to celebrate their
(00:02):
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary this Melbourne Cup Day. So
the club held their inaugural race meeting at the Fanny
Bay Racecourse on Tuesday November ninth, back in eighteen seventy five.
Now joining us on the line to tell us a
little bit more about what's planned for this major milestone
is the Turf Club CEO Chris jaf Good morning to you, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, Good morning Katie, and I'm to all your viewers.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah? Really good? Great? Have you on the show, Chris?
One hundred and fifty years. This is quite mind blowing
to me. I honestly I didn't even realize that there
were horse races being held here in Darwin back in
eighteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, you're right. It marks the remarkable milestone and a
little bit of history. And you mentioned so back in
eighteen seventy four, Darwin's first race club, which was the
Northern Territory Turf Club back then, was formed and on
Tuesday the November the ninth in eighteen seventy five, the
club held its very first in augul race meeting and
that day became the official start of Darwin's sporting industry.
(01:03):
And now a little bit of history. Back in those days,
almost the entire town of Palmerston as it was called
back then. Palmerston was actually only formed in eighteen sixty nine,
so five years prior to this now the whole town
turned out to celebrate, and it's been described at the
first race meet was held in a flat facing the
(01:24):
northeast corner of Fanny Bay, not far from our present site,
and most people arrived by horse drawn carriages, walked or
arrived from the local steam launch. And it was held
obviously on the Prince of Wales's birthday.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
How cool. Do we have much info about, you know,
how many races were held or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, well, back in that day it was the obviously
it was I think it was two guineas. It was
a much smaller field. And yeah, there's a little bit
of information, some a bit more conflicting, but we do
know that the day, the dates are there, and the
location was not far from our current site at the moment, And.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Would you know, talk us through then some of what
I mean obviously so much has changed over that period
of time, but there must be some pretty sort of
momentous changes as well over that one hundred and fifty
year history.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Absolutely, I mean it's for the Northern Territory. It was
beginning of really of a sporting culture and basically what
that what that's done, This this racing culture has ensured
the test of time. One hundred and fifty years, people
from Darwin have enjoyed year after year of you know,
celebrating obviously all of our race meets during the year,
(02:42):
but also our famous our Darwin Cup that's held in July,
and that's just been getting stronger and stronger over the years.
It's a real big community event. So not only do
our local Darwin residents really support it, but we get
so many people from interstate and nowadays globally that come
up to the territory to enjoy this event.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
I mean, when you look at, you know, at what
that has happened over the last one hundred and fifty years,
how embedded do you think the sport's become then in
the social fabric of the Northern Territory. I mean, even
when you look at the fact that one hundred and
fifty years ago the whole town turned out to go
to those first races.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, I mean I think it's I mean, obviously the
population has grown as is. You know, we've always got
a lot more things to do as well from you know,
back in one hundred and fifty years ago. But you know,
the Dimond Cup of we used that as a as
a as a talking point. That's growing year on year
and as I just mentioned, the attendance has been growing,
but more importantly, we're seeing more and more younger people
(03:42):
engage with racing. So it's not only in the territory
but nationally, which is which is really really exciting.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Chris Watt's planned to celebrate the one hundred and fifty
year anniversary.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, we start off mixcoming Tuesday, So we've got the
BTC Construction's Melbourne Cup and so we've got lots of festivities.
We've got the Silks Luncheon, now that that is actually
sold out, but we do have some space there in
the sports bar which is fully air conditioned. We also
have a few seats left in our Ted Bailey grandstand
(04:15):
and also the grandstand luncheon. Our gates they open at
ten am, Melbourne Cup runs at one point thirty and
all of our local races we've got a sixth race program.
They start from one to fifty four on next Tuesday
and it's a full day of fund so we've got
great food, great entertainment. Obviously it's the only place in
(04:35):
Darwin that you actually can come and watch some horses
race as well, so it's a really popular day with local.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah, no doubt they'll be a busy one. Any hot
tips for Cup dae.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, the final fields and burials, they'll be confirmed Saturday
after the Victoria Racing Club's derby day. But right now
I would say, and there's a few of us here,
the Corfield Cup winner which is half yours. It looks
hard to beat hearing for the jockey, so Jamie Mellon,
she would become the only the second female jockey in
Melbourne Cup history to claim the victory. So I think
(05:09):
our tip here from the Darwin Turf Club is half yours.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Oh good stuff, sounds like a good one, I reckon. Well,
Chris Tape, great to speak to you this morning, Thanks
so much for telling us a bit more about that,
a bit of a history lesson I reckon for all
of us this morning.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Thank you, thanks so much,
Now the Darwin Turf Club are set to celebrate their
(00:02):
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary this Melbourne Cup Day. So
the club held their inaugural race meeting at the Fanny
Bay Racecourse on Tuesday November ninth, back in eighteen seventy five.
Now joining us on the line to tell us a
little bit more about what's planned for this major milestone
is the Turf Club CEO Chris jaf Good morning to you, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, Good morning Katie, and I'm to all your viewers.
How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah? Really good? Great? Have you on the show, Chris?
One hundred and fifty years. This is quite mind blowing
to me. I honestly I didn't even realize that there
were horse races being held here in Darwin back in
eighteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, you're right. It marks the remarkable milestone and a
little bit of history. And you mentioned so back in
eighteen seventy four, Darwin's first race club, which was the
Northern Territory Turf Club back then, was formed and on
Tuesday the November the ninth in eighteen seventy five, the
club held its very first in augul race meeting and
that day became the official start of Darwin's sporting industry.
(01:03):
And now a little bit of history. Back in those days,
almost the entire town of Palmerston as it was called
back then. Palmerston was actually only formed in eighteen sixty nine,
so five years prior to this now the whole town
turned out to celebrate, and it's been described at the
first race meet was held in a flat facing the
(01:24):
northeast corner of Fanny Bay, not far from our present site,
and most people arrived by horse drawn carriages, walked or
arrived from the local steam launch. And it was held
obviously on the Prince of Wales's birthday.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
How cool. Do we have much info about, you know,
how many races were held or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, well, back in that day it was the obviously
it was I think it was two guineas. It was
a much smaller field. And yeah, there's a little bit
of information, some a bit more conflicting, but we do
know that the day, the dates are there, and the
location was not far from our current site at the moment, And.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Would you know, talk us through then some of what
I mean obviously so much has changed over that period
of time, but there must be some pretty sort of
momentous changes as well over that one hundred and fifty
year history.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Absolutely, I mean it's for the Northern Territory. It was
beginning of really of a sporting culture and basically what
that what that's done, This this racing culture has ensured
the test of time. One hundred and fifty years, people
from Darwin have enjoyed year after year of you know,
celebrating obviously all of our race meets during the year,
(02:42):
but also our famous our Darwin Cup that's held in July,
and that's just been getting stronger and stronger over the years.
It's a real big community event. So not only do
our local Darwin residents really support it, but we get
so many people from interstate and nowadays globally that come
up to the territory to enjoy this event.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
I mean, when you look at, you know, at what
that has happened over the last one hundred and fifty years,
how embedded do you think the sport's become then in
the social fabric of the Northern Territory. I mean, even
when you look at the fact that one hundred and
fifty years ago the whole town turned out to go
to those first races.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, I mean I think it's I mean, obviously the
population has grown as is. You know, we've always got
a lot more things to do as well from you know,
back in one hundred and fifty years ago. But you know,
the Dimond Cup of we used that as a as
a as a talking point. That's growing year on year
and as I just mentioned, the attendance has been growing,
but more importantly, we're seeing more and more younger people
(03:42):
engage with racing. So it's not only in the territory
but nationally, which is which is really really exciting.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Chris Watt's planned to celebrate the one hundred and fifty
year anniversary.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well, we start off mixcoming Tuesday, So we've got the
BTC Construction's Melbourne Cup and so we've got lots of festivities.
We've got the Silks Luncheon, now that that is actually
sold out, but we do have some space there in
the sports bar which is fully air conditioned. We also
have a few seats left in our Ted Bailey grandstand
(04:15):
and also the grandstand luncheon. Our gates they open at
ten am, Melbourne Cup runs at one point thirty and
all of our local races we've got a sixth race program.
They start from one to fifty four on next Tuesday
and it's a full day of fund so we've got
great food, great entertainment. Obviously it's the only place in
(04:35):
Darwin that you actually can come and watch some horses
race as well, so it's a really popular day with local.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah, no doubt they'll be a busy one. Any hot
tips for Cup dae.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, the final fields and burials, they'll be confirmed Saturday
after the Victoria Racing Club's derby day. But right now
I would say, and there's a few of us here,
the Corfield Cup winner which is half yours. It looks
hard to beat hearing for the jockey, so Jamie Mellon,
she would become the only the second female jockey in
Melbourne Cup history to claim the victory. So I think
(05:09):
our tip here from the Darwin Turf Club is half yours.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Oh good stuff, sounds like a good one, I reckon. Well,
Chris Tape, great to speak to you this morning, Thanks
so much for telling us a bit more about that,
a bit of a history lesson I reckon for all
of us this morning.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Thank you, thanks so much,
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