So you’re all dressed up in your Spring Racing finery and you’re off! Time to brush up on your speaking points. You definitely want to seem knowledgeable but not quite akin to a colourful racing identity. Some thoughts on what to say when you’re wearing the best hat of your life … • The Queen reaffirmed [...]

Whilst it has largely become a social occasion, horse racing’s origins are in the thrill of the competition. Many attend a race meet yet seldom see outside of a marquee, let alone an actual horse, unless it finds itself cleverly disguised as a canapé on a charcuterie platter. Then there’s the other cohort for whom the [...]

So you’re off to the races and your outfit is to die for? There’s just one thing left to do to ensure you’re the beau/belle of the ball: it’s time to brush up on your speaking points because you don’t just want your fascinator to be fascinating. Ascot Conversation Dos and Don’ts DON’T get too [...]

Back by popular demand (thanks, Mum!), I Do Believe I Came with a Hat is pleased to announce that Carnival Carnage will ride its exceptionally high horse once again! A veritable selection of the ‘Don’ts’ that the Spring Racing Carnival has to offer, we ask you, our race-going correspondents to send in your photographic evidence [...]

On the eve of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival/carnage I was hoping to write a longer feature on the Dos and Don’ts of the horse racing season. However, my brief sojourn in hospital and severed right arm have precluded from me from doing so. Instead, I present Tramp Bingo: a game you can play with [...]