Product Description
Table for Eight in Silks Melbourne Cup Day at Ellerslie, valued at $1560. Thank you to Auckland Thoroughbred Racing for donating this auction item.
Join Auckland’s biggest Melbourne Cup Day celebration in style with a table for eight in Silks. Ellerslie Racecourse’s premium hospitality room with a view. Auckland’s only Melbourne Cup event featuring live racing on the track as well as the iconic race from Flemington screened live, this is where the city comes to celebrate in its finest. Silks offers a premium race day experience in one of Ellerslie’s most sought-after vantage points, the perfect setting to dress up, raise a glass, and soak up one of the great days on the New Zealand sporting and social calendar.
The event gates open 11am, 3rd November 2026, at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, NZ.
Table includes:
- Drink on arrival – your choice of either a flute of Daniel Le Brun New Zealand Méthode Traditionnelle NV or a Stella Artois.
- A buffet-style lunch featuring seafood, gourmet hot dishes and seasonal salads, curated by ATR Executive Chef Paul Barrett using the finest New Zealand ingredients.
- Breads and dips served to your table.
- An indulgent dessert buffet served following the lunch service.
- A flat-screen TV at your table screening the day’s racing.
- Cash bar featuring Champagne, selected standard & premium still & sparkling wines, local & imported beers, spirits & non-alcoholic beverages.
- Pre-allocated, reserved seat (tables of 8) in the comfort of an air-conditioned room with uninterrupted views of the racecourse and access to unreserved covered, outdoor grandstand viewing.
- Racecourse and Silks (Level 2, Ellerslie Stand) admission, including a racebook.
- Access to betting facilities and live racing coverage broadcast within the precinct.
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