Don’t miss the fun at the Galway Races!
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Two happy customers enjoy the hospitality of The Claregalway Hotel while attending The Galway Races.
ADMIT it ladies. You've been biting at the bit, anticipating Ladies Day at this year's Galway Races in Ballybrit.
Well great ready to break out that fancy finery and don't forget the headgear. It's a must.
The Best Dress Competition 2010 takes place on Thursday, July 29. Or for the wilder ones out there, consider Mad Hatters Day on August 1. It's your chance to go wildly creative.
The Galway Races Summer Festival kicks off on Monday July 26 with the first featured race opening at 5:20pm. Turnstiles open about two hours before the first race.
The Summer Festival Race Meeting at the Galway races is renowned worldwide for its electric atmosphere, excellent racing and infectious sense of fun.
For more details on the event check out:www.galwayraces.com. Better yet, head to Galway's Ballybrit Racecourse and join in the fun.
Records dating back to as far as the mid-13th Century, shows organized race meetings were held in County Galway when what were known as 'horse matches' were run under the "King's Plate Articles."
In 1764, a five-day race meeting was held in Knockbarron, near Loughrea. Exactly 100 years later, The Western Plate Race was confined to gentlemen riders qualified for National Hunt Races at Punchestown, or members of the County Galway Hunt. The first racing festival held in Ballybrit was a two-day event on Tuesday Aug. 17, 1869.
Now 141 years later, the 2010 Galway Races Summer Festival will offer a week filled with events for all.
Sponsored by Galway City's Anthony Ryan's, the 2010 Best Dressed Competition has a prize fund of €20,000 with the Best Dressed Lady set to scoop a prize worth over €12,000. This year's winner will walk away with a one carat diamond solitaire pendant valued at €8,500, an Anthony Ryan's shopping spree worth €1,500 and €1,000 cash. She will also receive a corporate hospitality package for Galway Races October Bank Holiday Racing Festival to include dinner and champagne reception and a Lancôme Presentation Gift Hamper worth over €500.
Isn't that worth getting dolled up for?
This year's winner of the 'Best Hat' will receive a €1,500 shopping spree at Anthony Ryan's Galway.
All finalists at the Anthony Ryan's Best Dressed marquee will be presented with a special collection of Lancôme cosmetics compliments of University Pharmacy, Galway.
Judging this year's competition are three of the best known names in the Irish fashion industry -Bairbre Power, Fashion Editor of the Irish Independent and Executive Editor of the Irish Independent Weekend magazine, model and Xposé presenter Glenda Gilson and PJ Gibbons, Editor, Social and Personal Magazine. They will be joined by well known faces from the Galway fashion scene: Patricia McCrossan, Managing Director, Galway NOW; Mandy Maher, Catwalk Model Agency; and, Fiona Durkin, Fashion Consultant with Anthony Ryan Ltd.
"As Galway's longest established department store, we are proud to continue our association with the Galway Races through our sponsorship of the Best Dressed Lady and Best Hat Competition on Ladies Day, "said Anthony Ryan, Managing Director, Anthony Ryan's Ltd.
Ladies interested in taking part in this year's Anthony Ryan's Best Dressed Lady Competition are asked to arrive early. Finalists will be chosen by 2.30pm. There is no entry required for the competition. Judges will mingle through the crowd and will invite selected finalists to the judging marquee, which is located adjacent to the champagne tent in the race enclosure. The winning outfits will be announced at 3.30pm. The prize giving ceremony will take place in the enclosure immediately after the 5th race.
The annual Festival runs for seven consecutive days, starting from the last Monday in July. Over 150,000 people attended the Summer Festival Meeting in 2009 where betting turnover reached great heights once again. The total prize fund for the fifty-one sponsored races reached an impressive €1.7 million.
Family Day on Sunday, August 1 will incorporate the Mad Hatters Competition. Another, fun and entertaining event filled with lots of brilliant colour and creativity from entrants.
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