Warrnambool Racing Club CEO Luke Cann speaks at the 2024 Jericho Cup meeting.
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00:00So we're with Luke Kent, the CEO of Warrnambool Racing Club.
00:08Today is Jericho Cup Day.
00:10Luke, tell me, preparations have been underway for a fair while, how are you feeling about
00:13the day?
00:14Yeah, they have.
00:15A lot of hard work going into today, obviously.
00:18Feeling really good.
00:19Our pre-sales were well up for this year.
00:20We obviously, you know, the event's gained a lot of momentum over the last few years,
00:21and this year's been about 10% up before we even opened and gained some momentum.
00:22So, which is nice.
00:23And tell me, the weather is definitely not putting a dampener on the spirits of punters
00:34today.
00:35No, it certainly isn't.
00:36We've got some people, a lot of people coming in actually.
00:38G'day, I'm Dave and I'm a member of the Light Horse Troop here that operates locally in
00:42the Warrnambool District area.
00:43We're known as the Corangamite Light Horse Troop.
00:46Today we're here at the Warrnambool races with the Jericho Cup.
00:49The significance of that, the Jericho itself is a little town that was attacked during
00:53World War One by the Australian Light Horse.
00:56And over the last few years here at the racetrack, they've celebrated that by having what they
01:01call the Jericho Cup, one of the longest flat races here in Australia.