Cup Day, Melbourne 2025
Cup Day always sneaks up, even when one knows it's coming. By the time one glances at the morning papers, half of Melbourne seems to have found a hat, a horse, and a reason to take the day off.
Flemington Racecourse
The Four Days of the Melbourne Cup Carnival: Dress, Decorum, and Distinction
ach November, the lawns of Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne become a theatre of sport, ceremony, and style. The Melbourne Cup Carnival extends across four days, each with its own rhythm, colour, and unwritten dress code. To attend the Carnival well is to understand its sequence
A Tradition in Motion: The History of the Melbourne Cup
From colonial paddock to global stage, the Melbourne Cup has traced Australia’s rise from frontier to modernity — one furlong at a time. The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861, when the city was still a young colonial settlement.