photographers Peter McIntosh and Christine O’Connor capture the atmosphere at Melbourne Cup Day at Wingatui yesterday.
PHOTO: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR
You good thing . . . Punters scream while watching horses cross the finish line.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Private viewing . . . A man watches from the stand at the Wingatui Melbourne Cup day races yesterday.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Girls’ day out . . . Racegoers (from left) Jordyn Patterson (18) Holly Ellis (19) Tayla Martin (18) and Caitlin Thomson (18), all of Dunedin, pose in the sun.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Great day out . . . Jennifer O’Connell ( 21, left) and Isabel Hulme (20) are feeling upbeat.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
High spirits . . . Haylee Deblecourt (left, 18) and Toni Mercer (21), of Dunedin, get into the atmosphere.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Refuge . . . Aiden Tyler (18 months), of Dunedin, retreats to the shade.