{"id":185512,"date":"2025-10-08T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185512\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:09:28","slug":"mark-zahra-without-a-fight-return-to-where-they-won-the-caulfield-cup-before-winning-the-melbourne-cup-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185512\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zahra, Without A Fight return to where they won the Caulfield Cup before winning the Melbourne Cup in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preparations for the carnival are complete, with pink marquees set up around the new fashion precinct, complete with a \u201cphoto finish studio\u201d and salon for styling touch-ups.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Models<\/p>\n

Models Demi Brereton and Olympia Valance ahead of the Caulfield Cup weekend.Credit: Eddie Jim <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, spectators who are less-interested in horse racing can head to a goalkicking pop-up soccer challenge.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cfabulous music, food and fashion\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter where you are on-course, as you can see, you\u2019re always close to our racing heroes, whether they be human or equine,\u201d Rodder said. \u201cThe beauty of this sport is human and animal becoming one in front of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely poetry in motion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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