Australian-owned Zavite has outmuscled her rivals to win the $1m Auckland Cup at Ellerslie this afternoon.

Today is Auckland Cup Day and I'm trotting off to Ellerslie to be a guest of Gucci at their bespoke private suite in the Ascot stand away from the hoi polloi.

Zavite is a winner at 3200m and has raced in better fields than he meets today.

In terms of fairytale wins, it is hard to think of a scenario more magical than the one Mandela would conjure at Ellerslie today.