27/10/2026
🐎💔 Behind the glamour of the Melbourne Cup, horse racing hurts horses, people and the planet. It fuels gambling harm, horses and jockeys risk injury or death, and racetracks rely on water, power, fertilisers and pesticides to maintain their grass monocultures.
Imagine if that land were green open space full of biodiversity, or affordable homes instead. 🌿🏡
Adelaide friends, here’s how you can say Nup to the Cup this year 👇
📣 Protest outside Morphettville Racecourse, hosted by Animal Liberation South Australia and the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses
🕥 From 10.30am
📍 Anzac Highway, just west of Salisbury Terrace, Camden Park
🥗 South Aussies For Animals Inc - SAFA Nup to the Cup Lunch
🕛 12pm
📍 Payneham Library
🔗 https://nuptothecup.org/nttc-events/safa-nup-to-the-cup-lunch/
Every year, the Melbourne Cup is sold to us as a celebration. For the horses, it’s anything but.
Behind the fashion and the ch*****ne is an industry that whips horses for entertainment, pushes young bodies past their limits, and discards thousands of horses when they stop being profitable. These animals don’t choose to race.
But change is happening. Every year, more Victorians are turning away from the track and choosing kindness instead. Parades have been cancelled, sponsors have walked away, and the crowds saying 'nup'' keep growing.
On 3rd November, we're teaming up with Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses for a protest to say Nup to the Cup.
Afterwards, join us for a picnic, then head to the official Nup to the Cup party in Thornbury 🎉
All the details are on our website: https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/events