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Photo Story: Birdsville Races in Queensland

cde.news desk 6 September 2019, 08:15 · 1 min read

epa07821660 Jockey Clayton Gallagher (R) rides Supreme Attraction to win race 3, the class 3 plate, at the Birdsville Races in Birdsville, Queensland, Australia, 06 September 2019. Birdsville is situated on the edge of the Simpson Desert, 1,590 km west of Brisbane; its normal population of around 100 people swells to a crowd of more than 6,000 over the Birdsville Cup racing weekend. EPA-EFE/DAN PELED AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Scenes from the Birdsville Races in Birdsville, Queensland, Australia, 06 September 2019.

Birdsville is situated on the edge of the Simpson Desert, 1,590 km west of Brisbane; its normal population of around 100 people swells to a crowd of more than 6,000 over the Birdsville Cup racing weekend.

Photos: EPA-EFE/DAN PELED

Birdsville Races in Queensland — Jockey Clayton Gallagher (R) rides Supreme Attraction to win race 3, the class 3 plate at the the Birdsville Races.

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Photo Story: Birdsville Races in Queensland

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