I’ve just gotten off the phone from a few insiders (Marquee hire companies, furniture hire company, promoters and Perth Racing) and have dug up the inside run on whats happening down at the race track on new years day!

The five Tentland marquees are all coming along - some good and some not so good!

The Loungeroom is trying to get a larger circus tent and more furniture as their sales are going through the roof - not surprising after the hot show they put on last year.  The punters have spoken, the place to be in 2009.

Smirnoff - are doing it really hard -  expect some seriously expensive advertising to be broadcast in the next week or so

MRQ - will sell out before Christmas - still the benchmark marquee

The Rockin Horse - doing ok but in its first year -  has the best beverage package on course and will come home strong - proudly serving 3 types of bourbon!

Eating WA - have arrived late for 2009 and another first timer - average location and will struggle to pay for the marquees their planning to put up.

On new years day 2008 a group of my  dearest friends and I got together to celebrate at Perth Cup.  We have all been to several Perth Cup’s in the past and have always had a great day.  This year however, we bought tickets to MRQ and wow! what a marquee.

The whole day at MRQ took our Perth Cup experience to a new level.  MRQ has style, great cocktail food, a great bar, cool music, fashion parades, its own cloak room, private toilets and air conditioning that works.

While MRQ is not a big party tent like the loungeroom, my friends and I can thoroughly recommend MRQ for anyone who wants to do Perth Cup in style.