Glamorous Melbourne Cup punters faced 'no thongs rule' as Sir Alex Ferguson watched on

Glamorous racegoers were at the Melbourne Cup. They were told to take the weather into consideration. Sir Alex Ferguson was also in attendance. Gold Trip won the race, bagging £2.5m for jockey Mark Zahra and trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. In Australia, thongs are flip-flops. In VIP area, there is a strict dress code. Thongs can't be worn in the exclusive enclosure. The first day of the event was wet, but 100,000 people braved the conditions.