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Racing Fashion Weekly

Date to be announced · three days in the second week of November: a Saturday, the following Wednesday (TAB Mile Day) and Saturday (NZ Cup Day). 2026 ran 7, 11 and 14 November.

New Zealand Cup Week at Riccarton (2027)

Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Next year's Cup Week at Riccarton; expect the same Fashion in the Field on the Wednesday and the closing Saturday.

what to wear

The dress code

Dress standard
Formal
Millinery
expected
Season
Spring

Women

The Canterbury Jockey Club publishes no dress code page; no rule was found on its racing site. Cup Day is a full racewear day by custom. Read 13 Nov 2026.

Encouraged

  • racewear with millinery (there are Millinery and Finishing Touches categories)

Men

No dress code published by the club. Suits are the custom on Cup Day; there is a Best Dressed Man category. Read 13 Nov 2026.

Encouraged

  • suit and tie

Styling notes

Categories shown are 2026's; sponsors change year to year.

Weather

Christchurch mid-November: about 8-20 C, changeable. (General climate knowledge.)

Fashions on the Field

  • The Ned Fashion in the Field, NZ Cup Day (2026, registration 11am): Classic Racewear (Stephanie Murray Mortgages); Contemporary Racewear (Harlem Clothing); Carnival Debut (Style by Leigh); Finishing Touches (DK & Co); Millinery (Mad as a Hatter Millinery); Merivale Mall Style Award; Avenues Runway; Eye on the Crowd (True Grit); Best Dressed Man (Scenic Hotel Group); Best Dressed Man 1st and 2nd runner-up (Rembrandt); Supreme Winner receives The Ned prize package including a Ned Prix de Fashion qualifier spot.
  • The Ned Fashion in the Field, TAB Mile Day (Wednesday, registration 2pm): Best Dressed (Youngs Jewellers; Ned Prix de Fashion qualifier); Best Suited; Vintage (Peppermint Twist); Millinery (Monika Neuhauser); Finishing Touches (DK & Co); Eye on the Crowd (True Grit).

Check the official details before you go: racing.riccartonpark.nz ↗

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Coming up

  • majorFri 13 Nov 2026

    Bahrain International Trophy

    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

    Show Day Races (Addington)

    Addington Raceway, Christchurch

    The Friday public-holiday harness meeting of Cup Week: a dressed-up crowd, looser than Cup Day.

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