Says Delna Poonawalla, “Animals as magnificent as horses should be surrounded by equally well turned out audiences. The races are a perfect marriage of fashion and style to the power, passion and magic displayed by these beautiful creatures. It truly is the king of sports.”

The emphasis was on dressing well in your best Sunday suit as an ode to this elegant sport.

 “Whilst this is not a collection from my store, I decided to honour a legacy I am part of by using my creativity. The inspiration was the hats my mother Behroze, sister Simone and I have collected from across the globe. I hope it encourages everyone to enjoy this captivating and smart sport as we do,” quotes Delna Poonawalla.

The hats, collected over the years are from famous stores around the world. They were worn with carefully coordinated outfits created by Delna, for models FleurXavier, Deepti Gujral, Shamita Singha, Aanchal Kumar, Shonal Rawat, Piya Trivedi, Binal Trivedi, Candice Pinto, Francesca Smith, Jasmeet Kaur, Diandra Soares, Bruna Abdalah, Kasia, Moni, Niketan Madhok, Sahil, Tara Sharma, etc.  The showstopper was the beautiful Yana Gupta.

To follow the annual tradition, this year included a competition for the best turned out lady, the best turned out gentleman and the best hat, which was judged by Delna Poonawalla accompanied by eminent personalities like designers Narendra Kumar and Kadambari. The prizes for these titles was presented by Yana Gupta and were co-sponsored by Yohan Poonawalla’s store ESCAPE, which stocks prominent Italian designer labels.