Police have praised the 3000-strong Manangatang Cup crowd for their behaviour, with just one person detected for low-level drink driving.
The crowd gathered in the shadows of the grain silos on a mild 20-degree day, providing ideal conditions for the champagne to flow and finest attire to be modelled.
Manangatang police Senior Constable Tony Pearson said a female driver from Melbourne returned a positive reading of 0.082.
She was issued with a penalty notice and had her licence suspended for six months.
An endless stream of punters made a beeline for the rails or the shade of the bar and betting ring — farmers, townsfolk and revellers taking part in buck’s and hen’s parties and end-of-season football and netball trips.
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