MORE RACES: Stakes Day

Had another great day at the races - this time it was Emirates Stakes Day which is well regarded as 'Children's Day'. The weather was fantastic, unfortunately I got a little bit sunburnt.

Took some time out to study the form guide

The gorgeous Caitlyn and Emma

The stunning Jess and Kassie

LOOKS I LOVE: Melbourne Cup 2010

Yesterday I went to the Melbourne Cup which was amazing and heaps of fun. We brought reserved seat tickets and just my luck, we were seated right opposite the finishing line - the photos are up below but in my opinion, I don't think I could have had better seats (being in a Birdcage marquee would have been pretty special though!) Nevertheless, these are some of my favourite celebrity looks from the day.

That random person has an amazing red facinator

Gary Ablett never goes wrong

Emma Freedman always looks amazing

Twig by name, twig by nature

Look what the cat dragged in...or should we say Mickey Mouse

Kasia Zachwieja, Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann and new Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge - good looking bunch

MY MELBOURNE CUP PHOTOS

Yes, I'll admit it - I wore the same dress to the Melbourne Cup as I did to Cox Plate - naughty, naughty! But I am going to 4 of the big days this year so thought I had to economise somewhere along the way and I quite like the brightness of the red dress in photos. The day was terrific, about a week and a half before I brought reserved seat tickets that were the last ones left on the Ticketmaster website. And to my absolute surprise we were seated right opposite the finish line. In my opinion, we could not have had better views of the action, especially as it was the 150th anniversary of the cup. Luckily, I had placed a bet on all three winners from doing my research the night before finding out who the big punters, people who put the likes of $800,000 on a horse, were betting on. 

Shivering in the rain

It bucketed down before the big race, so Caitltn and I had to snuggle up under the umbrella

The sea of umbrellas came up when it rained before the main race

Some young boys prefer to be drenched and are too cool to bring umbrellas

Just a photo taken in the ladies toilets

There goes Americain

View from the our seats of the finishing line