he Galway Races are widely recognized as the premier horse racing festival in Ireland, but they’re also the most fashionable. Drawing the biggest crowds and the highest fashions during the week at the Ballybrit Racecourse is Ladies Day (Thursday). Women don their best dresses, pull their haute couture hats from their closets, and compete for the prestigious titles of Best Dressed and Best Hat. If the lure of fashion isn’t enough, the prizes may pique your interest, as the Best Dressed winner takes home a prize worth over €10,000, and Best Hat receives a prize worth €2,000!
Women don their best dresses, pull their haute couture hats from their closets, and compete for the prestigious titles of Best Dressed and Best Hat. It is the pinnacle of the summer race calendar, and this year all races on Ladies Day (28 July) are sponsored by Guinness, with the feature race, the Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap, beginning at 1.50 p.m. Gates open at 11 a.m. Live music will fill the race grounds 60
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