Jay Nixon and Emily Hlavac.
Bec Ronke, Hannah Philip, Saskia Van, Connaire Roughan, Courtney Pearce, Sarah Aarts, Cara Sibtsen and Agapantha Crabtree.
Jill Kennedy makes use of a van mirror to adjust her hair.
Elyse Falconer, Jaimee Coneskey, Naomi Ireland and Anna Boyd.
A long day in the sun.
Crowd at Wingatui.
Crowd at Wingatui.
Winners and losers in the grandstand.
A couple enjoy the sun.
Enjoying the Fashion in the Field parade.
Queue for the loos.
These two punters found the masonry more intersting than the racing.
A punter carried out.
Breath testing in force.
Breath testing in force.
wingatui crowd.
Were you there?
Were you there?
Were you there?
Pre-race warm up.
Sam Asplin and Cameron Brooks dressed for the occasion.
Geri Hurring, 21 and Ileanna Sin, 22, both of Dunedin.
Geri Hurring, 21, Blair Pemberton, 22, Jake Martens, 22 and Ileanna Sin, 22, all of Dunedin
Gwen McAra and Debbie Reeve.
Nicola Bonman, 20, of Invercargill, Bridget Dalzell, 21, of Invercargill, Emma Bailey, 21, of Invercargill and Kristen Wong, 21, of Wellington.
Travis McIntosh, Hemi Davis and Anthony Ravenga.
At Lone Star Wanaka: best hat finalists Maggie Curtis, Pauline Hope, Yvonne Gale, Petrea McRobie, and Carol Little, all of Wanaka. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
At Lone Star Wanaka: best hat finalists Lyn Warburton, Bev Mair, Glenys Kerr, Jane Tovey, and Kathryn McPhee. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
At Lake Hawea Hotel, Lucy Hunter, Fred Bayer, Kelly Mackenzie, and Jasmine Bragg. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
Lake Hawea Hotel best dressed women finalists Caroline Wigg, Theresa Cotter, Amanda Murray, Robyn Huddleston, Hayley Landreth, Marg Galloway, Kate Halbert and Erna Murfitt. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
At Alexandra Golf Club: Jillian Jopp, Jennifer Brass, Fiona-Lyn Spark, Ethel Bristow, Marlene Dodds, Doff Naylor, Rhonda Claridge, Frances Scott and Margaret Jarrold, all of Alexandra. Photo by Colin Williscroft.
Leanne Kingan, Jill Squire and Judy Robertson organised a Melbourne Cup day at Portside Restaurant in Oamaru. Photo by Sally Rae.
Photos by James Beechof Ballarat Trading Co Queenstown fundraiser for the Christchurch earthquake: Alice Stewart, of Alexandra, with Karen Stuart and Jenny McBride, both of Queenstown, and Steve Wilde, of Queenstown, on Barney the horse.
Ann Lockhart, of Wanaka, and Kat Lawrenson, of Queenstown.
Ane Gulliver-Perry, of Queenstown, Niki Pickard, of Arrowtown, and Kristina Delgado, of Arrowtown.
Glenis Menzies, Debbie Graham and Carol Holden, all of Queenstown.
Best hat winner Caroline Jessop, of Arrowtown, and best dressed winner Mandy Erskine, of Arrowtown, with judge Lesley Telfer-Morel, of Queenstown.
Best dressed couple Denise and Mark Dickson, of Queenstown.
Alma Stevenson, of Arrowtown, Chris Campbell, of Queenstown, Eileen Lyons, of Arrowtown, and Erin Jones, of Arrowtown.
Fiona Lapsley, Kylee McShane and Bridget Paape, all of Arrowtown, with Sheena Haywood-Brent, of Ladies Mile.
Kim Flear, Lisa Keating and Elaine Thomson, all of Queenstown.
Celebrating Melbourne Cup Day at Wingatui and around Otago. Photos by Gerard O'Brien and Peter McIntosh; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.