Opal Bracelet Easter Races
The Lightning Ridge Race Club has been holding meets for over 100 years, and for the past decade, Jo of Lost Sea Opals has been designing and creating the opal bracelet trophy prize for the key race.
This years stunning piece alone has been valued at over $15,000 - making this small country town Race Meet the only known one to offer such an elite prize!
2010 Opal Bracelet
Three opals were once again the feature of the bracelet (donated by Gerard and Denise O'Brien), this time in very different green blue hues and with a contrasting yellow/white gold delicate linked design.
2011 Opal Bracelet
This years design called for something very special as it was celebrating 100 years of racing in Lightning Ridge. The trio of gems, diamonds and gold were sponsored by the Lightning Ridge Race Club with the key race proudly being titled the Peter Waterford Memorial Cup Race. The brief called for something that clearly celebrated this milestone and Jo created a linked band of numerical 100's to honour the event.
2014 Opal Bracelet
One remarkable blue/green gem was donated (by Aaron Bruce) in 2014. Jo decided to really showcase the opal with a simple yellow gold split band designing featuring 2 diamonds. This piece was valued at $20,000.00 and was won by "Lucidly" who was ridden by jockey Catherine Markwort.