A day spent betting on the ponies is a day steeped in tradition. Or - if you're talking about the Deighton Cup at the Hastings Racecourse - a three-day weekend. Inspired by the Kentucky Derby, one of the biggest horse races in the world that was originally held to attract the high society to the races, the Deighton Cup models itself on Kentucky's infamous "The Infield" which is essentially a party zone for those of the linen suits, bow tied, fancy dress and creative-hat wearing set. Betting takes second place to dressing up, at least for Saturday's Thoroughbred derby crowd, many of whom relied on good old lucky numbers and gut feelings rather than expert betting tactics.
Photos Rebecca Blissett / 1. Saturday's Deighton Cup at the Hastings Race Course featured thoroughbred horse-racing.; / 2. Dominique Hanke of Hive Mind Millinery is rarely seen without a hat.; / 3.Vancouver actor Robert Moloney in his race track finery at the Hastings Race Course this past Saturday. .; / 4. Nico Grauer cheers on his horse during the 5th annual Deighton Cup at the Hastings Race Course this past Saturday. Unfortunately for Grauer, his horse came in dead last.; / 5. Some of the people that pull the weekend's Deighton Cup together are, from left to right, Mediatonic's Amanda Van As; / The Social Concierge's Tyson Villeneuve; / and Mediatonic's Heather Oliver.;
