Vintage year for style amid higher attendences at Killarney Races

Eighty years of racing in one of the most scenic courses in Europe saw attendances up on recent years and for the most part, the sun shone over the four-day festival that is the July meeting of Killarney Races.

Thursday, the first full day of racing, was also Ladies’ Day and the customary, relatively informal inspection, through the spectacular grounds of the course, saw judges Theresa Walker, marketing manager with sponsor Dawn Milk, and Lisa Cannon from TV3’s Xposé mingling with the crowd from the off.

In one of the most stylish gathering in years, the winner of the Dawn Milk Queen of Fashion wore an ensemble of vintage, department store and self-designed. The second major competition, best hat, also went to a vintage outfit.