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Godolphin Australia’s private training facility – Osborne Park – at Agnes Banks in western Sydney was the most recent stop of the Victoria Racing Club’s (VRC) 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour. Educational components provided insight into the versatility of the thoroughbred breed, its life after racing and the Godolphin Lifetime Care program – including a meet and greet with Godolphin Lifetime Care flagbearer and Group 1-winning fan favourite, Kementari (Lonhro). The Cup Tour itself is celebrating its 21st birthday in 2023, with Godolphin acknowledging that the Tour has developed into one of the VRC’s most important promotional and fundraising initiatives. The program has been successful in engaging with tens of thousands of people both in Australia and overseas, raising over $250,000 in fundraising initiatives for regional communities while spreading the story of our greatest thoroughbred horse race and highlighting its magnificent contribution to Australian history. VRC Chairman Neil Wilson said the club was delighted to visit Godolphin’s Agnes Banks property as part of the 21st annual Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour. He enthused, “It is fantastic to see this world-class operation in New South Wales in person and we were delighted to get a behind-the-scenes tour including seeing Kementari…”Godolphin Australia’s Managing Director Vin Cox added, “Hosting the Melbourne Cup at Osborne Park is a great opportunity to work with the racing community to showcase it in front of school children and present the opportunities that racing offers, whether that’s from a horse welfare perspective, an employment perspective or just general philanthropic work.”
