Children take lead in fashion stakes

ON a day at Killarney Races when temperatures were in the early twenties and ices and soft drinks were in huge demand, children took over from their parents in the fashion stakes.

The sun shone brightly for family fun day, in sharp contrast to the situation in May when the planned, three-day meeting had to be called off because of non-stop rain.

Dixie the Dragon and children’s cartoon characters were larger than life figures among shirt-sleeved punters in the enclosure, running competitions and handing out lollypops.