TWO GOOD! Zahra wins back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Without a Fight as three horses pull up lame
Without a Fight completed the rare Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on Tuesday as star jockey Mark Zahra went back-to-back in the big one after…
Christmas. The Superbowl. Your birthday. As far as annual events that you’re looking forward to go, they all pale in comparison to my Melbourne Cup fashion ratings.
Let’s get one thing straight: if there’s one thing on this earth that I don’t know anything about, it’s horse racing. And if there’s something I know even less about than that, it’s fashion.
If you don’t believe me, check out my Brownlow Medal and Dally M Medal red carpet fashion ratings for proof. They were written at home in my pyjamas, which are(n’t) the height of fashion.
For a weekday affair like this, I’m stepping it up with the snazziest office attire I own – that’s right, we’re talking t-shirt and jeans.
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I’m gonna make a few good-natured jokes along the way, but the truth is, people, you’re all beautiful. No hard feelings, OK? Let’s jump in.
The crown both looks imperial and would be remarkably effective in the event you need to headbutt somebody. 9/10.
Now that’s what I call fashion. Bam! 9/10.
A tribute to poorly constructed UFOs everywhere. 7/10.
I feel like a hat made of holes kind of defeats the purpose of a hat. 5/10.
Yeah, that’s the face I make when I see most Melbourne Cup fashion too… 5/10.
Highly practical. If you forget what general category of event you’re at, all you need to do is look at the pattern on your clothes, and you’ll remember again! 7/10.
Think of how many lorikeets died to make this hat. For shame. 6/10.
The face you make when someone gives you a new dress and it’s, like, this weird reverse-leopard-print thing? What? 6/10.
So this man made my coffee. Apparently he plays football… But he’ll make a great barista one day! Thanks, Christian! @melbournefc @Lavazza pic.twitter.com/0OXYLa1LkG
— Glynis Traill-Nash (@GlynisTN) November 7, 2017
Hmm. Is it just me, or does Christian Petracca look damn good in blue and white? Wink. 8/10.
But… it’s not Wednesday? 7/10.
I always approve of a pair of heels that it looks like you could stab someone with, and the rest of the outfit is unusually reasonable by the standard of the Melbourne Cup. 9/10.
Being able to see is for suckers. 5/10.
“Do I look like I’m made of money?” 8/10.
Where exactly would one go about buying a red top hat and matching bowtie? Asking for a friend. 8/10.