Stealing the horses’ thunder, they set pulses racing

METICULOUSLY groomed, shapely of leg, but unlikely to break into a canter, the ladies that yesterday tottered around Ballybrit proved you didn’t have to be a horse to enter the Galway Races.

Stealing the horses’ thunder, they set pulses racing

Dazzling with headwear displays of flora, normally the preserve of the Botanic Gardens, they stole the horses’ thunder and set punters’ pulses racing.

Head-turning hats, Sex in the City Shoes, low-cut necklines and tiered hemlines, there was something for everyone in the audience. For my part, I donned a little black number, in a rare effort to dress up. I shouldn’t have bothered. It was akin to turning up in school uniform at a debutante’s ball.

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