Metallic platform heels were featured on the feet of the winner of this years Fashions on the Field competition at the Melbourne Cup in Australia.

The style contest proved just as popular as the horse racing, with hundreds of women competing to be named the best-dressed at the race course.

It was 42-year-old Sarah Kelly who walked away with the title for her elegant fifties-style grey dress with matching metallic pewter platforms to round the outfit off.

Celebrity attendees at the event included royal Zara Phillips who was spotted in a navy-blue prom-style dress with fashionable peep-toe heels and Olivia Newton-John who wore a simple black dress paired with black, knee-high boots.

The Melbourne Cup has been held for almost 150 years and is Australias most famous horse race.

Fashions on the Field was first held in 1962 in an attempt by race organisers to increase the number of women attending the event.

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