Next up: Festival Stakes Day, Sat 28 Nov
Date to be announced · Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday of November)
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, New Orleans, United States
major
As 2026: the New Orleans hat day.
what to wear
No current written dress code found on fairgroundsracecourse.com (read 2026-11-13). A Fair Grounds vice president told WWL the old clubhouse rules (no short sleeves or polos, sport coat required) are gone: 'we no longer have those stringent dress codes'. Thanksgiving custom is strong: the biggest, loudest hat you own.
Encouraged
No current written code; the old sport-coat rule in the clubhouse has been dropped (per a track VP, secondary). Thanksgiving custom: suit or sport coat, bow tie, fedora or top hat, often flamboyant.
Encouraged
New Orleans dresses with humour: feathers, sequins, towering home-made hats, seersucker and second-line colour.
New Orleans late November: about 11-20 C.
Thanksgiving was the track's opening day for generations (the Thanksgiving Classic passed its 100th year); hats began as a display of wealth and are now deliberately outlandish.
where you are standing
Former rules (sport coat required, no short sleeves or polos) no longer apply, per a track vice president quoted by WWL/Audacy. No replacement code found.
Check the official details before you go: fairgroundsracecourse.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.
