It was more Cotton World vs Revolution rather than Pierre Cardin vs Neimen Marcus. With the relaxed dress code rule, the Derby had a much more informal look with men in jeans and T-shirts (sacrilege for the Derby) and women in comfy kurtis and jeans. A couple of hats though, made heads turn. A stall selling gentlemen's hats with the Signature branding for a mighty Rs 500 did not have too many takers though.Aneel Gagh from Ghatkopar laughed as he said, "I would rather bet with that money. Topi se kya karna."
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Ice cream, daaru khatam ho gaya!

This Derby may have surely seen a record attendance as the vast lawns of the Mahalaxmi filled up completely from 2pm onwards. Familiar scenes of Styrofoam cup and paper plates piled up overflowing from dustbins on the ground. The ice cream and juice stall had to turn away customers because they ran out of roast almond ice cream mid-way. A young man grumbled, "Ice-cream is over, even the drinks are over," to which the man on the counter quipped, "Daaru khatam? Never mind if we run out of ice cream. The daaru should never stop
flowing."
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When Native ran like a true Knight