January 19, 2012 |
Filed under: Horse Racing Blog |
Posted by: IanS
With five days of racing and some big fields there’s always a lot of horseflesh on display at Royal Ascot. And in recent years there has been a growing amount of human flesh exposed to the eye and the elements.
The organisers of Royal Ascot have decided this has gone too far and that it is now time to restore some of the sartorial standards of old. Revisions to the dress code will see the end of the wearing of...Read Full Story
Officials at England's plush Ascot racecourse issued an embarrassed apology on Saturday after spectators were slapped with orange stickers for breaching notoriously strict dress codes. "What we did was well meant but it didn't look good and in hindsight, was a mistake," spokesman Nick Smith told BBC Sport. "We are trying to bring in a new dress code but didn't want on day one to turn anyone away and genuinely thought we were treading quite softly." Earlier this week, it was announced that...Read Full Story
ROYAL ASCOT 2011 : DAYS 1- 3... OPENING DAY - DAY 3 :THE BEST AND CRAZIEST HATS !! Last weekend, it was the biggest and poshest event in the Racing calendar - Royal Ascot, which is attended by the entire Royal Family as well as most of the British Peerage, in all their finery - well, the ones that have a vested interest in breeding race-horses, that is !! The most dressed up days of the whole Race Meeting are day 1 - Opening Day of course, and day 3, or 'Ladies Day' - so called because that...Read Full Story
November 16, 2011 |
Filed under: Horse Racing Blog , Racing News |
Posted by: IanS
Horse racing has been taking place at Ascot for exactly 300 years. Yet for most of that time there was just one meeting a year, the Royal meeting.
Queen Anne founded the racecourse in 1711, at a time when Ascot was known as East Cote. She described the area of heath land as an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch.” And for the first race, Her Majesty’s Plate, there was plenty of...Read Full Story
November 16, 2011 |
Filed under: Horse Racing Blog , Racing News |
Posted by: IanS
Horse racing has been taking place at Ascot for exactly 300 years. Yet for most of that time there was just one meeting a year, the Royal meeting.
Queen Anne founded the racecourse in 1711, at a time when Ascot was known as East Cote. She described the area of heath land as an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch.” And for the first race, Her Majesty’s Plate, there was plenty of...Read Full Story
Premier Victorian trainer Peter Moody has confirmed plans for his Group 1 performing ... at Caulfield and finishing a brave seventh to Pinker Pinker in the famous Cox Plate (2040m). King’s Rose was last seen finishing a devastatingly close ...
Horsephotos.comFrankie Dettori rides Rewilding to the upset victory over favorite So You Think in the Prince of Wales's Stakes on Day 2 of the 2011 Royal Ascot meet. Under a relentless drive by Frankie Dettori, Godolphin's Rewilding overhauled ...
Ascot Racecourse today announced a new dress code for the Royal Meeting, which is held between 19 to 23 June, The new guidance was issued today after "misunderstanding of what constitutes appropriate attire for this formal occasion." Ladies in ...
Fashion warning for anyone planning an appearance at Royal Ascot's Royal Enclosure this summer in Britain: New rules require women to wear hats, not fascinators.Fascinators, for the fashion-challenged, are a cross between a hair accessory and mini-hat, and can tend toward the outrageous.Strapless or spaghetti-strap tops and dresses are also banned this year and men must wear a suit and tie, the BBC reports.And no, repeat no, short dresses.The...
It will be hats only in the Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot this summer - no fascinators allowed. Duchess Kate, who wears fascinators with panache, will have to wear a different style of chapeau if she wants to watch the races with the royals at the annual ...
Organizers of the Royal Ascot race meeting in England say they’re tightening their dress code by banning fascinators--small hats--from the royal enclosure. New rules put out by organizers Jan. 18 are the latest in a series of changes and ...
Due to a number of plebes parading around Royal Ascot dressed like hookers, organizers are issuing a much stricter dress code go forward, according to the Press Association and USA Today. Released yesterday (January 18th), the new dress code ...
For women, the new rules require hats — not those flirty fascinators — and skirts or dresses of "modest length," the BBC reported. Is it a fashion show or a horse racing meet? At Royal Ascot, it's both. And we've got the pictures to prove it.
Fascinators, beloved of the Duchess of Cambridge, under threat as Queen's favourite race meet issues stricter dresscodeIt is a centrepiece of Britain's social calendar, a place where pageantry, fashion and thoroughbred animals have come to be part of the mix since Queen Anne first saw its potential as a racecourse 300 years ago.Yet after organisers at Royal Ascot decided that sartorial standards have been on the slide in recent times, not even...
(CBS/AP) Facinators, the whimsical pieces of headwear favored by the young and posh in Britian - who could forget Princess Beatrice's pink fascinator at the royal wedding - but now Queen Elizabeth II has banned the headgear from the royal ...
The Royal Ascot is one of the world's most famous horse race competitions. It takes place at the Ascot Racecourse in England, and is a major British social event. There is a strict dress code and British style is covered more than the race itself.
Isabella Christensen poses for a photograph in her hat as she arrives on the first day of Royal Ascot 2009 at Ascot Racecourse on June 16, 2009 in Ascot, England. (Getty Images)more pics »