IT'S the race that stops a nation, but there was plenty of action locally as punters gathered around the area to cheer their horse on.
Linlee Van Dam and Mel Dobinson at M on the Point.
Aleen Norman, Gale Mountain and Helen Herbert at Bouvard Tavern.
Anton Brits and Elsa Aspdling at Friar Tucks.
David Neilson and Beverley Tonkin at Friar Tucks.
Deb and Dale Marshall and Kylie Kulij at Bouvard Tavern.
Fiona McKinlay, Jo and Danny O'Dea and Tisza and Irene Wake at Friar Tucks.
Gemma Smith and Nicole Reece at Friar Tucks.
James and Tina McCrystal at Friar Tucks.
Maggie Neale, Kim Irvine, Fiona Butler, Linda Quilley and 'Macca' Mac at Friar Tucks.
Max, Kelly and Robyn Burton at Friar Tucks.
Pam McKenzie, Marilyn Wrigley, Caroline Scott, Jodee Wrigley, helen Hawken, Janet McCorkill and Gemma Hawken at Friar Tucks.
Alisa and Graham Nelson at Paparazzi Cafe.
Eurwyn Jones, Michelle Gilmore and Peta and Waz Bolwell at m on the Point.
Penny and Hollie Crittall at Friar Tucks.
Rohan Howard and Annette Kempton at Bouvard Tavern.
Ross Millar and Michelle McNamara at Bouvard Tavern.
Trish Denic, Mary-Anne Davey, Michelle Stimpson, Karen Moncaster and Kylie Phillips-Jones at Peel Thunder.
Sue McNamara, Toni Gordon and Vicki Sangster at Bouvard Tavern.
Val Hardy, Val Mortelman and Joan Bellair at Bouvard Tavern.
Vic and Toni Payne at Friar Tucks.
Amy Pannekoek and Sarah Morrone at M on the Point.
Ann Rees and Frank and Vicki Mangano at Paparazzi Cafe.
Breeannyn and Carol Wylds, Glenic Ginbey, Scott Wylds and Lyndsay Libney at Paparazzi Cafe.
Cheryl and Rebecca Bishop at M on the Point.
Ellen Rayner, Angela Yuen, Abbey Charles, Liza Hogan and Bonnie Heals at M on the Point.
Emma Woods, Carly Wright and Tyler Theseira at M on the Point.
Bob and Jennie Elkington at Friar Tucks.
Gabriel and Carey Bray at M on the Point.
Alison Briggs, Mike Cooper and Kerry Norton at Bouvard Tavern.
Genevieve Walters, Lyndal Tucci, Sarah McGowan and Nicki Antulov at M on the Point.
Glenn Dolinski, Donna Featherstone, Mark Thomas, Scott Tempy and Dustin Baker at M on the Point.
Greg and Caroline Wright at M on the Point.
Helen Clark and Michael Klyne at Peel Thunder.
Ingrid Foster, Gisela Adams, Vincent Macia and Thibault Souchet at M on the Point.
Izzy Makings and Carol Myers at Peel Thunder.
Jakki Benda and Jenine Wenn at M on the Point.
Jaye Denholm, Chris Halleen, Felicity Mason, Cheryl Vanstyn and Karen Abrahams at Paparazzi Cafe.
Leanne and Brendan Collins and Mel Wridley at M on the Point.
Leonie Hansen, Pat Jennings, Jo Waddell and Delys Gebert at Peel Thunder.
Ma Johnston and Jean Fong at Paparazzi Cafe.
Marianne Branson, Nicole Gummow, Agnes Gunson and Rose and Jack Salvona at M on the Point.
Melinda Holland, Christina Adams, Kylie Aitkenhead and Jolene Peckover at Peel Thunder.
Michael Klyne and Lisa Jackson at Peel Thunder.
Pam and John Johnston at Paparazzi Cafe.
Paula Beevor, Amanda Roughton-Weraat and Tracy Butler at M on the Point.
Pia Aichele and Kaio Graham at M on the Point.
Sandra Wheeler, Sharon Shand and Feona Jones at Peel Thunder.
Sharli Reid, Barbara Nugent, Donna Featherstone and Debbie Alonzo at M on the Point.
Entertainment at Friar Tucks.
Tania Ward, Donna Stiles, Lisa Hogarth, Sue McCarthy and Sharon Ford at Peel Thunder.
Valerie Dewar, Penny Britten, Dee Lange, Eiddy Sithi, Jacquie Green and Marjorie Atkinson at Paparazzi Cafe.
