Zara Hood came all the way from Ashburton with her family to spend the Christmas break with her extended family in Mosgiel.
But rather than just stay at her parents’ house, they all decided to go "glamping" in a holiday bus in the Wingatui Raceway carpark, so they could all go to the Boxing Day Races and still enjoy all the comforts of home.
"I didn’t have a hangover — I learned that lesson a long time ago — but there may be one or two people in our family nursing a sore head today.
"And I suspect a few more hangovers tomorrow."
In between grazing on Christmas leftovers, she had been ducking back and forth to place bets on the horses.
"I’ve learnt a lot off my husband about horse racing," she said.
"His parents actually had a few racehorses that they’ve done pretty well with up in Ashburton.
"Anything to contribute to that would be great," she said.
The Hood family were among about 600 people who revelled in the action of the last racing event of the year at Wingatui.
