Guardian Australia’s Melissa Davey is trackside at Flemington and will be filing throughout the day. Here’s her first post:
It’s barely 9am at Flemington but Rick Lansdown and his partner, Brett Ould, have been here since just after 7am. They’re setting up in The Nursery car park, an area dedicated cars and marquees on the outskirts of the race course. It’s known as the more flamboyant area to enjoy the races, and has its own TAB and large TV screens to watch the races going on inside.
Lansdown calls his marquee ‘The Barb,’ named after the 1866 Melbourne Cup winner.
“He was captured by a bushranger called Captain Thunderbolt, because thoroughbred horses were the easiest way to elude the cops,” he tells Guardian Australia.
“His owner found one day miles away, exhausted, and took him back. He went on to win 16 out of 21 starts and a total of $18,000 pounds - about $1.49 million.”
Lansdown and Ould have been doing this for four years, saying their aim is to carpark “in style”.
“We’re both event stylists and we are planning to have 34 guests come here today,” Lansdown said.
“At the moment it’s in the very raw stage but when you come back later you’ll see a five-course lunch being served, french champagne, chandeliers and a lot of hats.”
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