Winners All Round as Favourite Takes Cup

PUNTERS were out in force – and style – as Melbourne Cup fever hit Ipswich yesterday.

And the result couldn’t have been better for Ipswich race fans as the hot favourite Fiorente,

ridden by three-time winning jockey Damien Oliver, stormed home at Flemington.

Loud cheers erupted around friends Aislinn Dwyer and Jessica McGill inside the Char’d restaurant as the number six horse charged past the post, securing a first Melbourne Cup victory for legendary trainer Gai Waterhouse.

“I had a feeling,” an ecstatic Ms Dwyer said. “My uncle’s mother said number six and I had a weird feeling for Fiorente.

“She had me saying six all day and I thought I’ve got to win.”

Nigel Bates was thrilled with his small win, saying he always backed a Gai Waterhouse horse.

“I went with the favourite, but I’m a huge Gai Waterhouse fan,” he said. The PA Hotel was awash with colour for the fashions on the field event, but it was Sheree Thorton, of Bundamba, who took out the style stakes with her eye-catching lime and black number.

Metro Hotel Ipswich International was the next best thing to being trackside at Flemington, with party-goers enjoying a picnic-themed luncheon and all the action on the big screen.

Metro Hotel Ipswich International the Place To Be On Melbourne Cup Day

Metro Hotel Ipswich International will once again host its popular Melbourne Cup Luncheon, so it’s time to spruce up your favourite hat, get out your best dress and dust off your stilettos.

The 2012 Melbourne Cup runners will bound out of their starting gates at 3pm on Tuesday 6 November  – the moment when every true blue Aussie will be fixed to a screen watching  as some of the world’s finest horse flesh competes to win the country’s most coveted racing title. And you can be part of the action, watching it all on a super-sized screen along with a host of other party-goers at Metro Hotel Ipswich International.

Celebrations will commence at 12 noon and continue until the conclusion of the race, shortly after 3pm. For the price of $75 per person, guests will enjoy a 4-course lunch, a selection of beverages (including beer, house wine and soft drink), Sweepstakes, raffles, lucky door prizes, a fashion parade and, of course, prizes for the best hat and best dressed guest.

There will also be a prize for the best dressed stiletto heel, with guests invited to be creative and decorate one stiletto for the chance to win one of three prizes from Obsession Shoes.  Stilettos will need to be dropped off at the hotel two weeks prior, and you must be attending the Luncheon to enter the competition.

The Melbourne Cup Luncheon is being held in support of the Ipswich Hospital Foundation (Sunshine Circle Appeal).

Hotel General Manager Ted Matthews said the Melbourne Cup provides a wonderful opportunity to organise a group of friends or work colleagues, to dress up and to celebrate a fabulous occasion, while also helping to raise money for a worthy local cause.

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Melbourne Cup Luncheon - Metro Hotel Ipswich International

 

Melbourne Cup Menu—4 Course Alternate Drop

Starter 

Amuse Bouche

Prawn in Brick, Citrus Jellies, Marie Rose Sauce

Entrée 

Mango Bruschetta, Buffalo Mozzarella, Fig Vincotto.

Duck and Pork Terrine, Sesame Wafer, Hazelnut Salad

Mains 

Honey Soy Beef Kebabs, Rice Pilaf, w/ Roast Capsicum Rita

In House Poached Salmon, Nicoise Style Salad

Desserts 

Selection of Petite Fours

Plus a selection of beverages for your table (House wine, local beer and soft drink) Cash Bar Available

Enjoy the race on the big screen

* Sweepstakes, & Raffles

*Best Dressed & Best Hat competition

*Best Decorated Stiletto (1st, 2nd,3rd prizes donated by Obsession Shoes )

*Fashion Parade by Everybody - Riverlinks

Tuesday 6th November

Melbourne Cup Luncheon
 

12.00pm – 3.00pm
 

Our theme this year is Stiletto heels
Decorate one stiletto and bring it along to go in the competition
 

1st 2nd 3rd prizes from Obsession Shoes .
 

Let your imagination go wild , be creative it could reflect your personality or maybe your job .
 

Drop them off to the hotel 2 weeks before the event , make sure your name is on the base of the shoe . 

You must be attending the Melbourne Cup Function to enter the competition.
 

We will post the photos on facebook and have a peoples choice competition and also be displaying them in the hotel (Metro Hotel Ipswich International and local shop windows
 

• Best Hat on the day
• Best Dressed
• Fashion Parade

Metro Hotel Ipswich International
43 South Street . Ipswich QLD