Blue Jest wins the Birdsville Cup

Derek Barry
Updated September 2 2018 - 3:27pm, first published 2:56pm
WINNING FEELING: Adin Thompson leads Blue Jest back to the winners enclosure after the Birdsville Cup. Photos: Derek Barry
WINNING FEELING: Adin Thompson leads Blue Jest back to the winners enclosure after the Birdsville Cup. Photos: Derek Barry

He may only be six months in the game as a professional jockey but Miles-based Adin Thompson has already tasted a big winner taking out the Birdsville Cup on top weight Blue Jest.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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