To say that the most popular holiday in Victoria, one is Christmas, the other is Racing Day!
155 years of history, attracting more than 100,000 people a year, the world`s top pure horses and racers, dazzling hat show, more than 10000 rose trees in the sea of flowers. This is the delightful Melbourne equestrian carnival! If you haven`t been here, how do you go through the craziest Australia ever?
A special festival was set up for an event, and a public holiday was set up, and it was the Melbourne Racing Day that gave the young princess the honor. No wonder you enjoy the title of "The race that stops the nation".
One of the sources of the title is a public holiday, and Melbourne has stopped working to take part in the event!
The entrance to the racecourse was overcrowded
The second is the annual horse racing climax-the Melbourne Cup. These three minutes are at rest throughout the city. All men, gamblers and non-gamblers, held their breath and stared at the 24 horses on the Fleming Den Racecourse. When the first horse crossed the finish line, first it was silent, then it was screaming, and at the end it was either ecstasy or scolding. These three minutes are enough for the city to discuss it all year long!
Having said so much, a lot of friends are still in a fog, so what is this horse festival exactly?
Brief introduction to Melbourne Racing Festival
Melbourne Cup Series is Australia`s horse racing festival and Australia`s most distinctive and traditional festival! Founded in 1861, Australia Melbourne Cup Horse Festival has successfully held more than 150 sessions. From the initial 4000 people to the present more than 100,000 people to watch the game, but also attracted 700 million television viewers from 120 countries around the world, is the world`s most famous Marseille.
There were four important racing days, in the order in which they were held: AAMI Victoria Dhabi Day (opening Day Fashion show), Melbourne Cup, United Arab Emirates (Public Holiday Day Women`s Fashion Hat Competition), Crown Oak Horse Day (Women`s Fashion final) and United Arab Emirates Stakes Horse Day (Family Day Children`s Fashion Show).
There will be an eight-day carnival before and after the festival, bringing together the best elements of Melbourne and Australia: sports, food, wine, fashion, business, and social.
On that day, everyone was asked to wear formal clothes to attend. Men are normal suits and leather shoes, the more elegant will also wear a high hat. Ladies have a lot of choices, as long as it`s formal clothes, skirts, and hats of all colors, it`s a landscape of its own. It is possible to see people coming in the carriage at the scene, I think it`s a lot of things to see.
Each year is held at the Flemington Racecourse (Flemington Racecourse). Founded in 1855, the racetrack is the oldest racetrack in the world and one of the most equipped races in the world. The clearing center is Australia`s largest public rose garden, with more than 10000 roses reaching its flowering peak in the first week of November.
The garden center has a white Princess of Wales rose, planted specifically to commemorate the 1985 visit to Melbourne by Princess Diana and British Crown Prince Charles to watch horse racing.
Address: 448 Epsom Road, Flemington
Detailed explanation of four-day racing day
AAMI Victoria Darbi (AAMI VICTORIA DERBY DAY)
Time: Saturday, 29 October 2016
As the opening day of the event, AAMI Victoria Darby Day is regarded as one of Australia`s best-known horse racing banquets. There will be nine group events on the day, four of which are elite events with a total prize of more than A $1.5 million, the classic race of Australia`s top three-year-old horse race.
The same amount of money is paid out of the racecourse. At the classic and elegant Mayan live fashion show (Myer Fashions on the Field), ladies are traditionally dressed in black and white, while men are dressed in formal party clothes. Suit vest and striped pants, even with a big hat.
As the opening day of the opening of the entertainment week, AAMI Victoria Dhabi Day is a must-miss feast for racing fans.
Melbourne Cup Horse Day (EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP DAY)
Time: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The United Arab Emirates Cup of Melbourne is known as a supreme honor battle, and also the core focus of the carnival! State government set the day as a public holiday. The "Melbourne Cup" `s Marseille was the climax of the whole Carnival, which was the seventh in the 10-day Marseilles of the day, and three o` clock in the afternoon, with a total of 24 horses running for 3200 meters and less than three minutes. This is the three minutes of the rest of the city. Never miss it!
While the contestants fought fiercely on the field, the off-court women`s fashion hat evaluation was also in full swing.
This is obviously more colorful than the last Myer fashion show. Yesterday was the test of the beauty of the ladies, then today is the test of everyone`s imagination.
This day, is definitely the most lively, the most passionate, the most colorful day! Don`t stay at home on National Holiday and take a walk on Melbourne Racing Day.
Crown Oak Racing Day (CROWN OAKS DAY)
Time: Thursday, 3 November 2016
After the climax of the previous equestrian festival, Crown Oak Day was a 2500-meter race by a three-year-old female to win A $1 million in prize money, the first-tier crown oak competition.
It`s called "Women`s Day," because it`s Myer Fashions on the Field`s winner`s Day! Similarly, fashion-loving women from all over the world dress up to watch the day.
Last year`s top three
You must not miss this day if you like fashion.
UAE Grand Prix Day (EMIRATES STAKES DAY)
Time: Saturday, 5 November 2016
UAE Grand Prix Day will host the state`s top 1600 meters, namely the first-class UAE bonus competition.
Children can`t gamble, can`t drink, can`t read horse racing, but how can a carnival like this without their participation? So the last day of the annual Melbourne Horse Carnival is also known as Family Day. On this day, adults will dress their children like princes and princesses to the racecourse.
There will also be free activities for young children of all ages and children`s fashion shows, so that a family of all sizes can happily welcome the end of this carnival.
Let a happy family atmosphere bring a complete end to horse racing.
The characteristics of horse racing festival
How could the horse not have some wine?
Another big sight in the racetrack is drinking. There were few non-drinkers, men and women, either wine, champagne or beer. Drinking seems to have always been part of the culture of horse racing. Every Melbourne Cup is sponsored by a winemaker.
However, the festive atmosphere combined with wine, it is easy to be happy and sad. The people of Melbourne, who started the craziness of the wine, are also pleasant and funny.
The situation after the end of the field is also a headache. There was a colorful bottle and aluminum jar on the floor, dazzling by the sun.
Small gamble
Melbourne people like to gamble, this kind of carnival how can not gamble.
There is a racehorse guide at the event, which contains details of each race time, horse, horse trainer, rider`s knowledge, as well as race results and racetrack maps.
The minimum bet was A $0.5 (50 Australian points) and finished 10 minutes before the start of the game. Melbourne also likes to gamble a lot, but the average citizen is not big, and gamble quite cheaply. I hear a lot of women bet because riders are handsome, or horses have nice names. It`s so simple and rough, I like it!
PS: children are not allowed to gamble!
How to buy tickets
The tickets for the equestrian festival are different according to location and fare.
The most cost-effective and easiest way to enter the (General Admission): is to have no seats but to experience free activities on the field all day.-$75.45 for adults and $61.2 for students.
L the hill stands (Hill Grandstand): is facing the finish pole, fitted with a canopy.-$159.05
L the grass stand (Lawn Grandstand): is an open-air front stand under the hill bleachers.-$122.35
The first level stands (Saintly Place): is located under the grass stands, providing indoor seats with space adjustment inside. But it is possible that the view will be blocked and have to stand up and see.-$132.55
L the Public Recreation area (The Precinct): can fully experience the wonderful social atmosphere of the carnival-$163.15 for the average, $234.5 for the bottom floor.
Friendship remind, buy ordinary ticket does not have seat friend, high-heeled shoes do not wear.
PS and above are one-day fares. Friends can choose one of the four days you are interested in buying tickets.
Ticket purchase website:
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=VRCDERBY16
Weather conditions
Of course, the sweet little wee should also give you some tips for watching the game, especially the random broadcast of the weather in Melbourne.
According to the Meteorological Bureau, the first day of AAMI Victoria Darby Day, which is this Saturday, is a very lovely day ~ the sun is shining, there is a small breeze, the highest temperature is 24 degrees ~ it is very recommended to go out to play ~
Next Tuesday`s public holiday, the United Arab Emirates Melbourne Cup, the weather is not very good. Cloudy accompanied by showers, rain will not be very large, rainfall only about 1mm. It is better to do so than not, this kind of shower is the most annoying! And although the wind will not be very heavy, but because of the continuous cloudy day, it will be colder, the highest temperature is only 18 degrees.
So, you will see a group of people with disposable raincoats in there holding the bottle hi.
Crown Oak Racing Day and United Arab Emirates Stakes Racing Day, next Thursday and next Saturday, the weather forecast is that the weather is good, with a breeze, less clouds, and a maximum temperature of about 20 degrees.
But after the equestrian festival, there will be intense cold air coming next Sunday. After reaching 23 degrees on Sunday morning, the afternoon will plummet to just 17 degrees, accompanied by heavy rain. The minimum temperature at night dropped to 10 degrees and the total rainfall was 5? 10 mm.
The weather next week is still face-saving, so we can feel the festive atmosphere at ease.
Melbourne Racing Day is very rich every year, and even if you don`t gamble on horses, you don`t feel about the fashion show, feeling the warm festive atmosphere, the "three minutes of silence for Australians" and the "revelry after silence". Think about it!
But please pay attention to your own amount of wine, do not drink too much!
Otherwise, accidentally become the emojis in other people`s mobile phones may also be ah.
