Irish eyes smiling as Margaret tops Cheltenham style stakes

It’s been a grim week for the Irish at Cheltenham so far but not for Margaret Connolly who yesterday came up trumps with a most unexpected double on Ladies’ Day.

Ms Connolly, from Multyfarnham in Westmeath, won the Hennessy Best Dressed Lady 2012 at Leopardstown last month and scooped the same award with the exact same outfit at Prestbury Park yesterday, beating 391 other entrants to first prize.

Not so much a case of ‘if the shoe fits’ as the whole ensemble.