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DRAMA IN THE DUST

The biggest ever Birdsville Races culminated in scintillating style with the headline 1600-metre UBET Birdsville Cup narrowly taken out by 17-year-old apprentice jockey Adin Thompson on Blue Jest.

Close to 5000 revellers converged on

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