Ladies Day at Listowel Races | Summer Festival
The Summer of Style is upon us with Ladies Day at Listowel Races!
In the first public Summer fixture since 2019, there was a huge sense of anticipation and excitement for the June Bank Holiday weekend. The racecourse was a myriad of colour and there was certainly a huge buzz of excitement around the parade ring with a lot of prizes up for grabs!
Who was judging Ladies Day at Listowel Races?
Emily O’Donoghue, also known as @fashionablyfortyish, was given the difficult task of picking the Best Dressed Lady.
With the winner of the Best Dressed Lady receiving €500 and the first runner up €250. Not only that, but the winner of the Most Fashion Forward Headpiece (in memory of Betty McGrath) due to receive €250 plus a beautiful Aoife Hannon headpiece.
Who won at Ladies Day at Listowel Races?
A very Carrie Bradshaw inspired soft pink dress with full tulle skirt caught the eye of fashion judge Emily O’Donoghue and won Grace Flynn from Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, the coveted title of Listowel Races Best Dressed Lady at the June Bank Holiday meeting on Sunday (5th of June).
Grace originally bought the dress from Phoenix V for her appearance on RTE’s programme ‘First Dates Ireland’. She paired it with a headpiece from Hats Amore from Wexford and beautiful shoes by Kate Appleby. She received €500 in cash sponsored by Listowel Race Company and a beautiful bouquet of flowers sponsored by Emma in Betty McGrath Florists Listowel.
First runner up was well known boutique owner, Diane Jeffers, resplendent in a chic fitted white dress with matching cape from Jasmine Tralee set off with a very Riviera style straw hat from Penneys. She won €250 and a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
This year, Ladies Day was extra special and also poignant - as Listowel Race Company and the people and businesses of Listowel town - remembered a dedicated racer-goer and follower of fashion the wonderful Betty McGrath who sadly passed away after an illness last year.
In her honour, there was a special category for the Most Fashion Forward Headpiece, and this was won by Denise O’Connor from Brosna in Co. Kerry.
Denise wore a vibrant lime green, eye-catching mesh disc headpiece from Hat Hire by Caroline (Galway) paired with a beautiful sapphire blue suit. She won €250 sponsored by the traders of Listowel town, a specially commissioned headpiece by top award winning milliner Aoife Hannon and a voucher from the Lingerie Rooms by Elaine Stack in Listowel.
Each of the 7 other finalists received a complimentary bottle of Prosecco sponsored by John J Galvin.
A big thank you to our own wonderful team today - who none of this could be possible without - Orla, Amy, Emily, Ray, James, John, Ger and Helena. We already can’t wait to get back on the racetrack with you all in September.
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