Social photos: Gold Cup day 2024
A healthy crowd has gathered at Murray Bridge Racing Club for one of its biggest days of the year.

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At the races on Saturday are Jayme-Lee McKay and Sophie Roberts; Paul Dickeson, Yvonne Buono, Carly Easter, Mal Greenwood and John "Budgie" McLellan; Ben Michelsen, Rosie Calliss, Jake Holmes and Derek and Deborah Matheson; Jessie Cooper and Erin and Sarah Bradshaw; Oscar and Mitch on a bucks show; Jack Norton, Mick Dunn, Sam Newman and Josh Smith; Doug Fuller and friends; and Riley and Matthew Pearce with Taylah McCue and Jimmy Eldridge. Photos: Peri Strathearn.
A bigger than usual crowd has gathered trackside at Gifford Hill for one of the biggest racing events of the year: Gold Cup day.
Murray Bridge Racing Club hosted nine races on the day, including the feature whose $65,000 first-place prize was won by local trainer Michael Hickmott.
But there was plenty more to savour besides the action on the track, from food and drink to music and good company.
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Enjoying Gold Cup day are Brody Vandenbrink and Rusty Rowley; Wonita Greenwood, Sophie Burns, Sarah Bailey, Kaitlyn Rasheed and Natasha Swan; Tony Austin and Brendan O'Neil; Mel Mullins and Renee O'Neil with Courtney Blacker, Jasmine Barolo and Simon Kruger; Marty Poole, Bill Potts, Jane Poole and Natalie and Paul Chivell; and Adrian Pederick and Thao Coates. Photos: Peri Strathearn.
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