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Zara Tindall cuts a sublime determine in stylish child blue frock as she steps out with husband Mike for the Magic Millions Race Day

Zara Tindall was the picture of elegance on Saturday when she stepped out on the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions Race Day.

The main event of the Magic Millions Carnival went aead despite a track poisoning controversy that threatened to derail the race meeting. 

The daughter of Princess Anne looked chuffed to be attending the glittering event with her husband Mike, 46.

Zara, 43, cut an elegant figure in a sky blue dress featuring a high collar.

The colourful garment also featured a lacy floral embellishment on the décolletage, and billowing short sleeves.

Zara finished her outfit with a matching fascinator and a pair of cream coloured heels with a gold motif on the toe.

Zara Tindall (pictured) was the picture of elegance on Saturday when she stepped out on the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions race day

Zara Tindall (pictured) was the picture of elegance on Saturday when she stepped out on the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions race day

The daughter of Princess Anne looked chuffed to be attending the glittering event with her husband Mike (left)

The daughter of Princess Anne looked chuffed to be attending the glittering event with her husband Mike (left) 

Zara cut an elegant figure in a sky blue dress featuring a high collar

Zara cut an elegant figure in a sky blue dress featuring a high collar

She accessorised with a small leather bag with an embossed crocodile skin pattern, and a pair of eye-catching. thick-framed sunglasses.

Mike, meanwhile presented quite the dapper vision in a cream coloured suit that complimented the shades of his wife’s shoes and bag.

He further augmented his wife’s look with a white collared shirt and silver tie with a blue diagonal stripe.

Mike added an extra pop of colour to his race day ensemble with an electric blue pocket square, finishing the look with a pair of brown suede shoes.

The former rugby star also wore a pair of tinted sunglasses and a shock of salt and pepper facial hair. 

The couple looked well and truly in their element, smiling in anticipation as they arrived at The Gold Coast Turf Club.

The couple’s race day fun proved short lived however with the even being postponed, after just three races, due to persistent wet weather.        

Zara and Mike, meanwhile are frequent visitors to Australian shores and were last in the country last year.

Zara finished her outfit with a matching fascinator and a pair of cream coloured heels with a gold motif on the toe

Zara finished her outfit with a matching fascinator and a pair of cream coloured heels with a gold motif on the toe

She accessorised with a small leather bag with an embossed crocodile skin pattern, and a pair of eye-catching. thick-framed sunglasses

She accessorised with a small leather bag with an embossed crocodile skin pattern, and a pair of eye-catching. thick-framed sunglasses

Mike, meanwhile presented quite the dapper vision in a cream coloured suit that complimented the shades of his wife's shoes and bag

Mike, meanwhile presented quite the dapper vision in a cream coloured suit that complimented the shades of his wife’s shoes and bag

The couple looked well and truly in their element, smiling in anticipation as they arrived at The Gold Coast Turf Club

The couple looked well and truly in their element, smiling in anticipation as they arrived at The Gold Coast Turf Club

The pair spent Christmas back in the UK before recently returning Down Under for the Magic Millions.

Zara and Mike aren’t working royals and don’t take money from the Sovereign Grant and fund their lifestyle through various brand deals.

In 2012, Zara was announced as the first Magic Millions Racing Women Ambassador.

Magic Millions has been a regular fixture in Zara’s calendar since that year, when she became its patron following her Olympic silver medal win in London.

She now travels to Surfers Paradise in Queensland every year for the Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Seven days of auctions which culminate in a major race meeting where all contenders are horses bought at previous Magic Millions auctions.

During their trip to Australia last year, Zara and Mike were seen at luxury boutiques and taking in wine tours.

The married couple speak fondly of the country as it is where their love story began.

They met at Sydney bar in 2003 while Mike was ‘drowning his sorrows’ after being cut from the England World Cup squad and Zara was on a gap year.

The pair have been married since 2011 and have three children – Mia Grace Tindall, 10, Lucas Tindall, three, and Lena Elizabeth Tindall, six.

During a trip Down Under in 2020 they even rang in the New Year in Sydney with an A-list crowd including Rebel Wilson.

Mike added an extra pop of colour to his race day ensemble with an electric blue pocket square, finishing the look with a pair of brown suede shoes

Mike added an extra pop of colour to his race day ensemble with an electric blue pocket square, finishing the look with a pair of brown suede shoes