Next up: Festival Stakes Day, Sat 28 Nov
You are invited · Sat 27 Mar 2027
Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
flagship
The region's great race-fashion day. Hats are encouraged for women, national dress is welcome, hems must be modest, and the Style Stakes pays some of the richest best-dressed prizes in world racing.
what to wear
Dubai Racing Club (2026 Dubai World Cup guide; applies to ladies and girls aged 12+): 'Ladies are required to wear smart attire or national dress and are encouraged to wear hats. Dresses and skirts should be of modest length, falling just above the knee or longer.'
Required
Encouraged
Leave at home
Dubai Racing Club (applies to gentlemen and boys aged 12+): 'Gentlemen are required to wear smart attire or national dress.'
Required
Encouraged
Leave at home
Outfits built to this dress code
13 outfits for women and men, across 2 enclosures, with the reason each one passes.
Cover the shoulders or carry a wrap, keep the hem at or below the knee, and build round a hat: the judges and the crowd expect millinery. Racing runs from mid-afternoon into the night, so choose shoes for eight hours. No denim at all.
About 19–31°C; hot afternoon sun, warm evening.
First run in 1996; at Meydan since 2010. 2027 is the 31st running. The Dubai Racing Club publishes a millinery look book and runs a DRC Millinery Shop at the course.
where you are standing
'Dubai Racing Club reserves the right to refuse entry to any person considered inappropriately dressed.' Children under 12 must be neatly dressed.
Smart attire or national dress; hats encouraged; hem just above the knee or longer. The prohibited list is enforced for entry to the Grandstand.
Smart attire or national dress. No shorts, sportswear, torn clothing, open-neck T-shirts, tank tops, trainers, flip-flops or denim.
Style Stakes judging runs from 16:25; winners announced 19:40 (2026 timetable).
Same code. Style Stakes entrants register 13:30–15:40 on race day at Concourses 2, 3 and 4, The Gallery and Apron Views. Gulf News/The National note that entrants need a headpiece and should avoid skimpy outfits.
Same code.
The guide does not set a looser rule for public areas; the explicit refusal list is worded for the Grandstand.
Same published code: smart attire or national dress, modest hem.
Same published code.
Check the official details before you go: dubairacingclub.com ↗
for the day
Wendy Scully Millinery
Pink Tweed Fabric Percher
$285
Wendy Scully Millinery
Teal Green Silk Flower Headpiece
$244
Elliatt
Katarina Short Sleeve Midi Dress in Pastel Multi
$278
Elliatt
Emelda Halter Midi Dress in Blue Floral
$268
Beginning Boutique
Rosalia Aqua Strappy Peep Toe Wedge
$69.99
SHEIKE
KIANA HEEL
$79.99
Jin Dian
Maisie Floral Shoulder Bag in Pink Sequin
$59.95
BB Exclusive
Quinta Burgundy Bow Sequin Bag
$69.99
save the date
majorFri 13 Nov 2026
Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club, Sakhir (Riffa)
Bahrain's Group 1 night and the kingdom's main social race meeting. The Bahrain Turf Club publishes no dress code; national dress or smart, modest evening wear is the norm.
majorFri 13 Nov 2026
Addington Raceway, Christchurch
The Friday public-holiday harness meeting of Cup Week: a dressed-up crowd, looser than Cup Day.
