Pink Ribbon Cup Day Uplifting for Heinrich

Trainer Gillian Heinrich will attend this Saturday’s Pink Ribbon Cup at Aquis Park as a cancer survivor, reports racingqueensland.com.au. First diagnosed with bowel cancer seven years ago, Heinrich is currently all-clear. Heinrich said, “I have had so many people ring me and I have had done a number of interviews around my journey because people are going through similar themselves. I give them ideas about what they can do to help themselves, I really feel that is my place now to give back and show those people that you can pull through – with a positive mind.” Heinrich divulged, “It is my calling – to try and help other people. I go to a clinic every Thursday and it is always full with people who have recently been diagnosed and are really battling, I sit there and talk for hours with them about what I went through and answer their questions - I get a kick out of helping them.” The Pink Ribbon Cup will raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation; last year, the day raised almost $200,000. Gold Coast Turf Club Racing Manager Ian Brown said, “We have been building this day for over 13 years, it started with about 30 people just in a room somewhere and now we are getting around 5,000-6,000 people. It is the single largest day for racing funds for breast cancer survivors, the Gold Coast Turf Club – including chairman Brett Cook and CEO Steve Lines – have done a fantastic job to get it as a standalone Saturday. It was a huge day last year being the first metropolitan Saturday meeting and we are looking forward to growing on that this year.” The Pink Ribbon Cup for fillies and mares will be run over 1300m with prizemoney of $125,000, and Heinrich hopes to have four horses nominated for this Saturday’s meeting.

Pink Ribbon Day has grown substantially at the Gold Coast Turf Club