1/48Debbie Fry, Di Stewart and Jeni Bombardieri at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
40+ photos of race day goers from Ladies Day 2024
Thousands flocked to the Newmarket Ladies Day this weekend, marking a vibrant kick-off of the 2024 Cairns Cup Racing Carnival at Cannon Park.
2/48Contemporary Lady of the Day runner up Alice Hansford and winner June Sheppard at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
3/48June Sheppard competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
4/48June Sheppard competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
5/48Contemporary Lady of the Day runner up Alice Hansford and winner June Sheppard at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
6/48Jen Marsh competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
7/48Neva Eisenmenger competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
8/48Jen Marsh competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
9/48Alice Hansford competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
10/48Alice Hansford competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
11/48Entrants in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
12/48Neva Eisenmenger competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
13/48Grace Mason, Bec Favris, Bre Walters and Tahlia Doyle at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
14/48Anita Derrington, Nikki Chill and Amy Young at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
15/48Sharon Begemann, Michelle Bussell and Anna Jia at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
16/48Lachlan Rogers and Tim Marsh at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
17/48Neva Eisenmenger competes in the Contemporary Lady of the Day fashion competition at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
18/48Alexis Evans and Mallory Lulham at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
19/48Louise Lommerse and Neva Eisenmenger at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
20/48Semone Yelaska, Christine Cross and Tanya Maunder at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
21/48Carol McFarlane, Helen Reed and Rhonda Coghlan at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
22/48Kristy Vallely, Andrea Ambrosio, Chantal Togany, Rebecca Coglan and Kelly Hill at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
23/48Angelique Dibella and Peter Dibella at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
24/48Dannielle Atkinson, Andrew Thornton and Sharon Taylor at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
25/48Kate Macknamara, Ashley Eso and Caitlin Daniel at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
26/48Penelope Binotto and Enzo Binotto at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
27/48Elise McAtamney, Mark Hunt and Sarah Swanson at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
28/48Lindy Launer, Grace Connor, 9 and Jen Marsh at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
29/48Julie Michael, Fiona Green and Susan Orr at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
30/48Brenda Richard, Mikhaela Hill and Kara Shepherd at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
31/48Connie Southwood, Abby Lewis and Lily Honeyball at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
32/48Kayla Cooper and Clare Satchwill at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
33/48Samara Nicholls, Jade Stampa, Karli Bryant, Paris Murray and Ella Brown at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
34/48Jaclyn Woodward, Margo Dewhurst, Charlotte Smith and Donna Smith at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
35/48Shari Pinfield and Laryssa Bernyk at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
36/48Monique Hellmuth, Sandra Powell and Raina Powell at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
37/48Jute Theatre company has bought AMOR - a conceptual theatre show about love and loss to Bulmba-Ja, Cairns, before touring to Cooktown, Julatten and Townsville. Actors Valentina Ayala, Mary Eggleston and Megan O'Hare play Densa, Alegra and Angel respectively, while Bella Liu performs aerial acrobatics as Ara.
38/48Trudi Jobling, Nicki Rojaha and Justine Cunningham at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
39/48Samantha Jones and Wendy Leach at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
40/48Jockey Justin Huxtable returns to scale on Montenegro Man after winning the Cairns Newmarket at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
41/48Montenegro Man wins the Cairns Newmarket at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Jockey Justin Huxtable, trainer Jamie McConachy, strapper Jess Ladbrook and owners Chris and Mel Thomas with winning horse Montenegro Man. Picture: Brendan Radke
42/48Wyn Malloy, David Anderluoi and Julianne Lagler at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
43/48Montenegro Man, ridden by jockey Justin Huxtable, win the Cairns Newmarket by a head from Speed Legend at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
44/48Jockey Justin Huxtable returns to scale on Montenegro Man after winning the Cairns Newmarket at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
45/48Jockey Justin Huxtable, winner of the Cairns Newmarket on Montenegro Man at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
46/48Montenegro Man, ridden by jockey Justin Huxtable, win the Cairns Newmarket by a head from Speed Legend at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
47/48Montenegro Man, ridden by jockey Justin Huxtable, win the Cairns Newmarket by a head from Speed Legend at Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
48/48Emily Cawnce, Bellie Rose and Sara Reid cheer on their horse in the Cairns Post Benchmark 65 Handicap race on Newmarket Ladies Day, the first day of the Cairns Cup racing carnival, held at the Cairns Jockey Club, Cannon Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
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