Men at the Races: How to lose a girl in 5 ways

Women reveal the five fashion items that are ruining men’s chances on race day.

With New Zealand Cup and Show Week just around the corner a new survey reveals a timely warning: Attractive men are being overlooked on race day due to poor fashion sense.

The results found that:

• 54% of women have turned down a man on race day due to cringe worthy fashion items
• 93% of women said they would not consider dating a very attractive man wearing a poor-taste fashion item
• According to women, 50% of men commit fashion crimes on race day

When asked what constitutes as a poor-taste fashion item, results were unanimous: Novelty cufflinks, novelty sunglasses, cheap trilby hats, white leather shoes and coloured suits are the ultimate put-offs. In fact, more women said they would be receptive to an ugly well-dressed man than an attractive man wearing any of the aforementioned items.

They aren’t all equally as repulsive though –here they are in order:

The 5 fashion items ruining men’s chances on race day

1st place: The coloured suit (36% of votes)
2nd place:  White leather shoes (32% of votes)
3rd place: Novelty sunglasses (25% of votes)
4th place: The cheap trilby hat (4%)
5th place: Novelty cufflinks (3%)



Gambling is not sexy: men should quit while they’re ahead.

Aside from fashion crimes, there are other things that men will do well to avoid on race day, namely heavy gambling.

Women revealed that if a man wins big on a bet, the most attractive thing for him to do would be to pocket the money and stop betting for the day (62% of the votes), or to spend the money on celebrations with his friends (31% of the votes).

Only 7% of voters said that continuing to place bets with the winnings would be an attractive scenario.

About the survey
The top 100 racing enthusiasts in the EliteSingles’ member database were surveyed about their opinion of men on race day.