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Morning dip payout for retiree Twilight
Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au
IT was more beachside than trackside, but there was no lacking in enthusiasm when the Melbourne Cup was run across the beach at Balnarring by security guard.
The guard, Gem Biricik, was at the beach early on Friday 20 October as part of the People’s Cup Tour of the $600,000 18-carat-gold trophy in the lead-up to next Tuesday’s running of the Melbourne Cup.
The tour started the previous day at St Thomas More Primary School, Mount Eliza, before heading to Martha Cove Village, Safety Beach and at night to the Ranelagh Club, Mount Eliza.
Also on the beach at Balnarring and probably attracting more attention than the cup was the 2020 winner, Twilight Payment.
Serise Veli, from Moorooduc-based Racing Hearts Equine Assisted Therapy rode the nowretired Twilight Payment into the shallows (his first dip in the sea) and watched as the horse then happily took a sand bath to dry off.
Pictures: Gary Sissons
