Clutching their dresses, tears welling in their eyes, the europhia from the crew backing Half Yours was palpable.
Lily Biasin, the daughter of co-owner Jason Biasin, was so overcome it appeared that she may have jumped on someone’s foot in the mounting yard.
“It’s so good. So happy for the whole family and everyone involved. It’s very people-oriented,” she said.
Only minutes after the race, back in the throng near lawn, ladies were already shoeless, some limping towards the exit.
Ruby Tsiakis has her dress released from a rogue escalator at Caulfield.
For 18-year-old Ruby Tsiakis, she wasn’t limping, but her dress was torn up.
The Glen Iris teen who was wearing a Pepper Mayo dress said she spent 30 minutes stuck in an escalator from 4.30pm, and missed the race she had hoped to watch.
“I was sitting like this for half an hour,” she said.
“They had to unscrew the escalator to get me out. My legs were shaking from being in a squat for so long.
Other than that it’s been a pretty good day.”
Her friend Bronte Fisher said she’d loved the fashion, “lots of colour, beautiful fascinators. Chunky jewellery, very on trend,” she said.