RIDERS are headed to the Tamworth track for a race of a different kind in aid of curing cancer.
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Tamworth Jockey Club will host the Ride to Cure Cancer Christmas Race Day on Monday, December 23.
The race day offers a seven-race card with the first horses to jump at 1.15pm.
The jockey club will offer a full bar and kitchen for the day along with kids activities for locals to sit back, unwind, and enjoy the country race meet.
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The race day is a fundraiser for the Tour De Cure ride which will see riders take off from Newcastle, through the New England, including Tamworth, in March.
Locals are set to take part in the ride which has a final destination of Noosa after a gruelling 1400kms of riding over nine days, climbing 14,000 metres in elevation.
