How the day runs
Tickets and lunch from 12 noon, with the draw at 3 PM and the auction to follow. Come for lunch, grab your syndicate, stay for the draw and the bidding, and stick around to see whose horse gets up.
The Calcutta is the Sunday before the big one — Melbourne Cup Day itself is Tuesday 3 November. Draw your horse, form a syndicate, and cheer it home on the day.
How a Calcutta works
Never done one before? It's simple — and you don't need to know a thing about horses.
Get your syndicate together
Tickets and lunch from 12 noon.
Horses go under the hammer
The draw is at 3 PM, with the auction to follow.
Your horse runs
Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 3 November.
Winner takes the pool
Whoever holds the winning horse collects.
Not sure how it runs? Ask at the bar on the day — someone will set you straight.
The food
Share platters can be booked in advance — give the club a ring on (02) 6782 7249.
Syndicates
Nobody wins a Calcutta on their own. Round up your mates, your family, the bloke you drink with on a Friday — get your syndicates together.
Tickets are available from 12 noon, ahead of the draw, so you can sort your crew out over lunch before the bidding starts.
Bigger group, better shout when your horse romps in. The club will help you sort it out on the day.
Find us
Upper Horton Sports Club22 Cobbadah Street
Upper Horton NSW 2347
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