St Leger Ladies day Doncaster

I'm pretty certain that any girl, if offered the chance to: dress up in her "special occasion dress" dress, drink champagne, hang out with the girlies for a day, indulge in a three course meal and of course have a cheeky little flutter on the horses, wouldn't say no, right? 

Well I certainly did not say no, to a day out at Doncaster race course for the St Leger Ladies day, courtesy of Ladbrokes. 

The outfits...and of course all the hats!! are seriously on fleek when it comes to ladies day. Skipping past the fact I actually just said "on fleek" it's certainly a day for those of us who love people watching. Everyone looks so flamboyant, I certainly felt a little lost without a hat, although since I got the 3rd chance to wear my favourite blue dress (and not so favourited sucky in pants) I still felt ohh so sophisticated. Plus I may have "borrowed" Lucy's rather brilliant pink hat later on in the day. 

Once everyone arrived everyone was treated to a 3 course meal. All the options looked delicious but I settled on the pork belly for starter, tuna for main (the lighter option as i knew I couldn't resist the fried brie for desert), although more conventional options included lemon tart. Which I may also have had a little taste of. Although after all the food, I felt my best pick of the day was the sucky in pants. 

After lunch it was time to place your bets! Obviously my method of picking horses is something rather complex. Hours of studying previous races, testing the weather conditions on the day....and obviously picking them all by the best name. 

We all watched from the terrace, sipping Pimms and cheering on the horses. Although since I forgot my glasses I had no idea which was my horse..In fact does anyone ever know this when it comes to horse racing? Although as I eagerly waited for the commentator to announce the winners at the end, it proved picking horsed by names must be the best option as I had a nice few wins on the day. It certainly beat my last day at the races, when I had too much Pimms and somehow lost all my betting slips. 

Overall the day was fantastic and the weather was defiantly on our side. I would like to say and a huge thank you to Branded3 and Ladbrokes for the invitation. 

SAMMIE

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Run horsey run

So Saturday afternoon myself and some friends headed of to Ripon for a day out at the races. I had never been before and had no idea what to wear, I had been informed to go all out in an evening dress fancy hat etc and then others told me jeans and a t-shirt would be fine for this race course. This caused some panic Saturday morning, having woke up with my head feeling twice the size it did Friday night (I was at a friends leaving do from work) it made the the task of picking out what to wear some what troublesome and yet again I had nothing to wear. I often think my wardrobe might belong in Narnia as I'm often faced with this problem despite the fact I own too many clothes. In the end I settled on this dress, despite been from Primark what I bought at the start of the year I actually love this dress it seems to suit so many occasions. I actually think its made quite a few appearances on here by chance. I decided to wear flat shoes as although it's normal to wear heels to a day at the races I love my shoes far too much to risk getting a heel stuck in the grass and didn't want to risk grass staining my new wedges. 

We all boarded the coaches in the city centre, with my can of G&T in hand the day began. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the races despite spending more time in the bar it was a lovely day out, plus I always enjoy the excitement of a good old gamble. I even won a few cheeky bets.

Have you been the the races?

Sammie