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Elsa Pataky has been announced as a special guest on Derby Day – as the world famous Birdcage makes a comeback
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Elsa Pataky will bring Hollywood star power to the Birdcage at this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 46-year-old Spanish actress – and wife of Chris Hemsworth – has been announced as a special guest at Saturday’s Derby Day.
She returns to the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day as a special guest from Lexus Australia.
Spanish actress Elsa Pataky (pictured June 27), who is married to Chris Hemsworth, will bring Hollywood star power to the Birdcage at this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival
“I’ve loved horses since I was little and have a few ex-racehorses for both pleasure riding and jumping,” Pataky said. The Herald Sun.
“It’s always so exciting to see the world’s best thoroughbreds in action on the track, and it will be very special to experience this in Landmark by Lexus.
“The races are always such a fun day out and I can’t wait to share it with my friends.”
She has been announced as a special guest at Saturday’s Derby Day and will return to the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day as a Lexus Australia special guest
It is not yet confirmed whether Hemsworth will join his wife in the Lexus Pavilion.
The crowd is expected to flock to Flemington as the Melbourne races return correctly for the first time in three years after Covid.
Other guests include Delta Goodrem, Nicole Trunfio, model sisters Ash and Jess Hart, and New York-based supermodel Duckie Thot, who is a guest at GH Mumm.
New bachelors Thomas Malucelli, Jed McIntosh and Felix Von Hofe will make their first public outing as a trio at the Paramount Pavilion.
It’s not yet confirmed whether Chris Hemsworth (right) will join his wife at the Lexus Pavilion
Pataky has often spoken about her passion for horses.
In August last year, it was revealed that she and Hemsworth had submitted plans to build a second ‘Westfield-style’ home near their existing mega-mansion in Byron Bay.
The A-list couple was also criticized for building a large stable block on their existing property, hammering the top of a hill to create a huge horse ring.
Pataky has often talked about her passion for horses
“Apparently his mates call it ‘El Caballo Blanco’, named after a large Andalusian horse theme park that operated in western Sydney in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s,” a source told the Daily Mail Australia at the time.
Pataky discussed her love of horseback riding in an interview with Women’s Health in March last year, saying the activity kept her healthy during Covid lockdowns.
“When we were in lockdown, I could still drive, so that was it” [all about] my family, my husband and my horses,” she said.
‘It’s such a passion, a kind of meditation for me. I think it’s important that your mind has something that you enjoy – a hobby that is just for you and your time.”
Pataky (pictured with daughter India) discussed her love of horseback riding in an interview with Women’s Health last March, saying the activity kept her healthy during Covid lockdowns