Punters race to local Oaks

Above: Nicole Brown, Katrina Nooy and Anita Hynes were all smiles at the Pakenham Oaks Day race meeting on Thursday.Above: Nicole Brown, Katrina Nooy and Anita Hynes were all smiles at the Pakenham Oaks Day race meeting on Thursday.

PAKENHAM’S Oaks Day race meeting last Thursday was a great day out for punters and party people.
Despite threatening weather, thousands of people enjoyed a funfilled day in what should become a permanent fixture on the town’s racing calendar.
The fashion was fresh and feisty, the racing was entertaining and Pakenham Racing Club officials were pleased with the positive local response to the firsttime event.
Gazette photographer STEWART CHAMBERS was out and about at the Pakenham racecourse, snapping the spring carnival action.