Gina Lollobrigida @ Wangaratta 1975
Featured Image: Gina Lollobrigida @ Wangaratta Stock Horse Show in 1975
Earlier I posted a Blog’ featuring reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II admiring champion thoroughbred stallion ‘Without Fear’ in 1976.
See: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/without-fear-qe-ii-in-1976/
She is escorted by leading Australian Trainer and Stud Master Colin Hayes. An expert herself QE II appears very much at ease in such company.
The Italian ‘Queen-of-the-Screen Siren’ Gina Lollobrigida much less so. This ‘Wangaratta’ meeting might rank amongst the most implausible and unlikely of encounters it is possible to imagine! “Mama Mia” in spades! Maybe HM Gina did not know what ‘Wangaratta’ meant or indeed what to expect?
Occasionally I whimsically reflect on the identity of the charming young female competitor in the background? She’d be a mature lady in her 60s today. She might not want to be named! It wouldn’t be the first time I/we have ‘identified’ unknown protagonists appearing in these featured images. Denouement is usually forthcoming from family members.
Gina Lollobrigida 1975
Gina also attended the races @ Callaghan Park, Rockhampton on Saturday 29 March 1975.
“The day a Hollywood superstar graced the Rocky racetrack” was the ecstatic headline in the Townsville Bulletin of the day.
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