Next up: Festival Stakes Day, Sat 28 Nov
Date to be announced · first Tuesday in November
Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand
major
Auckland's Melbourne Cup lunch day; one of the three days with the strictest hospitality dress rules at Ellerslie.
what to wear
General Admission: no specific dress code. 'All clothing should, however, be tidy and presentable.' Shorts, T-shirts and sandals are common. Read 13 Nov 2026.
Required
Encouraged
General Admission: no specific dress code; clothing should be tidy and presentable. On major racedays suits and ties are 'common and encouraged' in the stands. Read 13 Nov 2026.
Required
Encouraged
ATR's dress code page names Melbourne Cup Day, Boxing Day and Champions Day as the days when Cuvee, Top Deck, The Closer and Silks ban shorts and jeans.
Auckland spring: about 12-20 C, changeable. (General climate knowledge.)
where you are standing
An Infield ticket does not give access to other areas.
No specific dress code; tidy and presentable.
No specific dress code; tidy and presentable.
Major racedays: headpieces common and encouraged. Otherwise smart casual. No running shorts, singlets or jandals.
Major racedays: suits and ties common and encouraged. Otherwise smart casual. Strictly no running shorts, singlets, jandals or collarless shirts. Smart dress shorts and jeans without rips allowed; denim discouraged.
Premier Members' Goldstar Lounge: no shorts or denim.
Major racedays: headpieces common and encouraged. No running shorts, singlets or jandals.
Major racedays: suits and ties encouraged. No running shorts, singlets, jandals or collarless shirts anywhere in the stand. Dress shorts and jeans allowed except in the Takanini Room; denim discouraged.
Applies at any event.
Smart standard. Strictly no shorts, jeans, singlets, jandals or sports shoes.
Smart standard. Strictly no shorts, jeans, singlets, jandals, sports shoes or collarless shirts such as T-shirts.
On Melbourne Cup Day, Boxing Day and Champions Day: strictly no shorts, jeans, singlets, jandals, sports shoes or collarless shirts such as T-shirts.
On Melbourne Cup Day, Boxing Day and Champions Day: strictly no shorts, jeans, singlets, jandals, sports shoes or collarless shirts such as T-shirts. Men may wear a collared short or long-sleeve shirt.
Smart standard. Smart dress shorts or smart dress jeans (no rips) allowed. Strictly no singlets, jandals or sports shoes.
Smart standard; collared short or long-sleeve shirt. Smart dress shorts or jeans (no rips) allowed. Strictly no singlets, jandals, sports shoes or collarless shirts such as T-shirts.
No jeans, singlets, jandals or sports shoes. Smart dress shorts allowed.
No jeans, singlets, jandals, sports shoes or collarless shirts; collared shirt. Smart dress shorts allowed, except on days when Cuvee has reserved seating.
Check the official details before you go: aucklandracing.co.nz ↗
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.
