Leading jockey James McDonald has scored another Melbourne Cup week win... steering Zardozi to victory... in the V-R-C Oaks. Close to 47-thousand racegoers turned out to Flemington... for the penultimate day on Melbourne's spring racing calendar.
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00:00 On Oakes Day, imagination runs wild.
00:06 I've got a chiropractor's appointment with General Oakes, so all good.
00:10 And a champagne really helps.
00:12 Richie Rich believes he's best dressed, but the fashion show judges beg to differ.
00:18 I got piffed at the post.
00:20 What happened?
00:21 But every day's a winner.
00:22 Yeah.
00:23 I'm a ledge.
00:24 Racing fashion is changing, and competition is now gender neutral.
00:29 Fashion knows no bounds.
00:30 It shouldn't be limited by your gender identity.
00:33 It's about the clothes, it's about the garments.
00:35 Crowd numbers today for Oakes Day are set to be almost identical to last year,
00:39 but Cup Day this year was bigger than last year,
00:42 and organisers expect there to be a small uptick in total attendance
00:46 across the four main race days.
00:48 The Cup Day crowd was our largest since 2017, that 84,000 mark.
00:53 And if we get around about 60,000 people on our last day,
00:57 that'll take us over 260,000 people in four days.
01:00 While everyone's budget is being constrained about the cost of living,
01:03 I think this is one thing that people are willing to spend on.
01:06 I'd rather spend more on this day than the Melbourne Cup Day.
01:09 I think the weather was a lot better this year.
01:11 Last year was freezing cold.
01:13 Cup Week crowds, though, have diminished over time.
01:17 70,000 more turned out just a decade ago.
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