Preparations for the carnival are complete, with pink marquees set up around the new fashion precinct, complete with a “photo finish studio” and salon for styling touch-ups.
Champagne towers in the Avenue x Beverly precinct have been meticulously balanced, with plush orange cushions on sofas and hanging lights and plants in the background, alongside a serenading saxophonist and DJ booth.
Models Demi Brereton and Olympia Valance ahead of the Caulfield Cup weekend.Credit: Eddie Jim
Meanwhile, spectators who are less-interested in horse racing can head to a goalkicking pop-up soccer challenge.
Melbourne Racing Club chairman John Kanga said he was delighted to welcome everyone to the upcoming festivities, while executive director Josh Rodder said 50,000 racegoers were expected over the carnival, celebrating “fabulous music, food and fashion”.
“No matter where you are on-course, as you can see, you’re always close to our racing heroes, whether they be human or equine,” Rodder said. “The beauty of this sport is human and animal becoming one in front of us.
“It’s absolutely poetry in motion.”
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