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  Glamour and style combine with racing at Catterick this Friday evening (August 15) as the course’s annual ‘Ladies Evening’ begins at 5-40 p.m. Gates open at 3-40 p.m. and the first 100 ladies receive a complimentary glass of fizz. 

There are competitions to find the ‘Best Dressed Lady’ competition and the wearer of the ‘Best Hat’ during the evening. There’s an overnight stay at the locally-renowned Black Bull Inn at Moulton for the ‘best-Dressed Lady’, while the first three in the competition each receive a voucher from ‘Be Premiere Hair’ salon of Darlington. The wearer of the ‘Best Hat’ will receive a half-day spa package from Rudding Park Hotel & Spa near Harrogate, while ‘Oops A Daisy’ Florists of Colburn provide flowers for the winners during the evening. 

The ‘Best-Dressed Lady’ competition winner will go forward to represent Catterick in the Grand Final of the ‘Best Dressed Lady Racegoer in Yorkshire’ competition, held in October at Doncaster racecourse. It’s the culmination of a special competition linking all the individual ‘Ladies Days’ on the Yorkshire racecourses this summer. She will then have the chance to win a luxury prize for two at the Best Western Premier Mount Pleasant Hotel near Doncaster, along with a £500 fashion voucher from Yasmine of Bawtry and Epworth and a diamond pendant valued at £2,250 courtesy of lovevintagediamonds.com

 For the fifth year at this meeting, Newcastle-based Pin Point Recruitment sponsor the opening race of the evening, a middle-distance handicap contest for amateur riders 

There’s ‘live’ music during the evening provided by local band, ‘Trio Gitan’. As usual, the giant screen will enable racegoers to see all of the action on the track and there’s a selection of attractions for youngsters in the Course Enclosure, such as face painting, bouncy castle and roundabout, along with the indoor play area.

 The raceday shuttle bus is in operation from Richmond town centre.