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Saddles and smiles light up Nanua’s gymkhana

Jaymee Gowling with her horse Marty at the Nanua Picnic Race Club's gymkhana last weekend. Pictures: Martin Hogan.
Lachlan Gould

THE Nanua Picnic Race Club returned to the bush last weekend with 300 people heading through the gates of its gymkhana. The weekend, held about 140 kilometres south of Broken Hill, served as a reminder of how important events like this are in the outback. “It’s been quite an action-packed day,” said Brad French, a […]

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