High fashion and top class racing go hand in hand when the annual Ladies Day takes centre-stage for Thirsk’s penultimate meeting of the season on Saturday September 3.
What is always one of the most popular days of the season at the North Yorkshire course will feature a dazzling array of colour and elegance coupled with some outstanding action on the track featuring the UKinsuranceNET Hambleton Cup.
And it is not just the ladies who stand to win as Barkers of Northallerton are sponsoring both the Best Dressed Lady and Best Dressed Gentleman competitions with £500 worth of fashion vouchers for each winner, £200 vouchers for the runners up and £100 for the third in each competition.
In the Best Hat competition there is a £350 voucher for a Bespoke Jenny Roberts hat to be won with £100 for the runner-up and £75 for the third.
And the best dressed lady will go through to represent Thirsk in the Go Racing In Yorkshire Best Dressed Lady final at Doncaster in October with the chance to win a luxury spa weekend at the Best Western Mount Pleasant Hotel, Bawtry, a £500 fashion voucher for Yasmine of Bawtry and a vintage diamond ring courtesy of loveVintagediamonds.com.
On track, the Hambleton Cup represents a first sortie into race sponsorship for UKinsuranceNET, one of the country’s leading online insurance websites.
Entrance to the Premier Enclosure costs £27, while it’s £16 to go in the Paddock. Price reductions are available on line at www.thirskracecourse.net. Children under 18 get in free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Car and coach parking is free, a big screen will show the action and there are play areas for the children. Gates open at 11am.