But Friday might be his most meaningful day in the job.

The club will hold its first Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) Charity Race Day this week and there's few who will feel as connected to the event as Gordon.

It was almost six months ago to the day Gordon underwent brain surgery after being diagnosed with a stage four glioblastoma.

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The tumour was removed but there's still a long road ahead as the well-known Dubbo identity faces up to having a terminal illness.

It's not something he's afraid to face and he's instead doing all he can to speak out and raise awareness around cancer and, most importantly, what services are on offer for people in this region.

"It changes everything, 1000 per cent," Gordon said of his diagnosis.

"It makes you realise what things are all about, but we're doing alright at the moment.

"We're in for a long battle, there's no doubt about that, but I'm looking to make the most of it and, as I say to my mates, I'm going to make some noise on the way out."

To see the club team up with the MHF is something Gordon has been proud of.

The foundation was founded in 2013 by former NRL player Mark Hughes and his wife Kirralee after his own brain cancer diagnosis.

It's mission is to raise funds for research, awareness, and support and it's become most well known for it's 'Beanies for Brain Cancer' campaign.

Gordon said he felt a little selfish by using Friday's meeting as a chance to promote something so personal, but he wanted to use it to help create a legacy.

"This is part of it," he said.

"Raising awareness and treatment services for brain cancer sufferers, or any cancer, is what it's about."

Friday's meeting might announce his cancer news to many, Gordon admitted, but he's not going to hide it and if it helps people learn more he's achieved his goal.

In terms of his own symptoms last year there was "literally nothing".

Even since the operation it's been "weird" as there's been no real pain but he's all too aware the chemotherapy is going to challenge his body.

"It's an odd one when you know you've got a terminal illness. It's different, you can certainly say that, and sometimes just having the discussion about it helps me," he said.

"It was fate for me. Nothing I could have done would have changed it. Now I can certainly do plenty to make treatment more beneficial so awareness of those things is important.

"A healthy lifestyle, plenty of meditation, mindfulness. It's all part of the new me.

"It's real and it isn't not going away in this particular form of cancer. There's a timeline but I'm going to push that timeline and break some records on the way out."

That awareness and approach to a cancer diagnosis will be promoted at Friday's meeting.

The race day is supported by the Western Cancer Centre Foundation and Can Assist Dubbo and the plan is to develop a long-term relationship between those services and the club.

The Western Cancer Centre is currently being constructed at Dubbo Hospital and Gordon said it would be "exceptional" for the wider region while he'd also like to see the turf club form an association with the Macquarie Home Stay and other organisations at a local and state level.

"There was the old phrase of it touching one in 10 people you knew or one in four, but it's everyone," Gordon said.

"It's something we're all attached to in one way or form and yes, this is partly about my journey, but it's about general awareness and through the association with the Western Cancer Centre Foundation we hope to build a long-term relationship with the Dubbo Turf Club and hopefully this day will grow into a long-term event."

Half of the money raised through gate sales on Sunday will go towards the Mark Hughes Foundation while part of the money from the sale of $60 luncheon tickets will also be donated.

The luncheon will be held in the members' room at the track and will feature a guest speaker, an auction, sweepstakes, and a raffle.

The first of eight races on the day will jump at 12.08pm.

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