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Ladies take centre stage at Knavesmire
8:09am Friday 18th May 2007
Comments (36)THERE was many a splendid hat to be seen at York Races' Ladies Day - and there was even the odd tattoo on display as well.
Glamour was the order of the second day, Dante Day, and men and women alike were dressed suitably flamboyantly for the occasion.
There were women in multi-coloured outfits, men wearing red shoes and even a Crocodile Dundee look-a-like.
One woman racegoer caught the eye, with a glitzy dress complemented by a large, intricate tattoo on her arm.
There was a celebrity showing at the races when Coronation Street ladies Tina O'Brien (Sarah Platt) and Samia Smith (Maria Sutherland) flashed up on the big screen.
The weather on the opening day had been wet, but yesterday waterproof jackets were few and far between for much of the day - people were even eating ice cream.
When the racing began, the noise from the stands - packed with thousands of spectators - rose to a roar as the horses thundered along the final straight.
In between the races, stylishly-dressed race-goers sipped champagne and Pimms while a three-piece band - complete with tuxedo-clad players - added to the festival atmosphere.
A feeling of relaxation hung in the air - men in suits leaned casually over the race barriers, and groups of distinguished ladies chatted casually under marquees.
There was a local victory when Blythe Knight - trained by John Quinn, of Settrington, near Malton - won the Bank of Scotland Corporate Hambleton Stakes at odds of 9-1.
Frankie Dettori came first in the main race of the day, the Dante Stakes, riding Authorized.
There was a strong showing of ladies, some wearing the most modest of hats, others resplendent affairs.
Louise Lane, 43, of Guiseley, near Leeds, said: "I got my hat especially for the races from Aleda, in Guiseley. I'm here with my best friend and eight ladies and we came in a pink limousine. We're going to have a great time."
Val Cook, 46, of Thornton-le-Dale, said: "My hat came from Get-a-Head Hats, in Scarborough. I'm here with friends - it's a girls' day out! I'm having a great time. I come every year."
Frankie swaps silks for decks
JOCKEY Frankie Dettori was playing records instead of setting them when he took to the DJ stand at a York nightclub.
Dettori celebrated a winning start to Knavesmire's new season by giving clubbers at BPM bar, in Rougier Street, a treat with his impromptu musical session.
Chris Lee, manager at BPM, said: "Frankie turned a few heads when he came through the doors - I think quite a few people had backed his winner that afternoon. He seemed to really enjoy himself.
"Frankie loves his music and when the opportunity came for him to play live he jumped at the chance - proving that as well as a fine jockey, he's not a bad disc jockey either!"
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ggnore, my house says...
8:59am Fri 18 May 07
bored, of ggnore comments says...
9:11am Fri 18 May 07
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
10:12am Fri 18 May 07
Little Brick 2007-03-13 Cheltenham pulled up - Broke Shoulder
Swift Thyne 2007-03-15 Cheltenham fell - Spinal Injury Destroyed
Nil Desperandum 2007-03-17 Uttoxeter pulled up - Broke Leg Destroyed
Warlord 2007-03-19 Wincanton fell - destroyed
Stars In His Eyes 2007-03-19 Wincanton brought down - Destroyed
Neysauteur 2007-03-19 Wincanton pulled up - Broke Leg Destroyed
Priests Bridge 2007-03-19 Wincanton fell - Broke Neck
Crusset 2007-03-26 Plumpton pulled up - Tendon Injury Destroyed
Paradise Valley 2007-03-26 Plumpton pulled up - Broke Pelvis Destroyed
Fill The Bunker 2007-03-26 Stratford fell - Broke Pelvis Destroyed
Peerless Motion 2007-03-26 Stratford fell - Broke Neck
Alfano 2007-03-27 Sedgefield pulled up - Broke Down Destroyed
Bill Brown 2007-03-28 Towcester fell - Destroyed
Red Poker 2007-04-02 Kelso fell - Dead
Whitford Don 2007-04-07 Haydock pulled up - Collapsed & Died
Into The Shadows 2007-04-12 Aintree pulled up - Dead
Lord Rodney 2007-04-13 Aintree brought down - Fatal Injuries Destroyed
Rose Of The Shires 2007-04-19 Cheltenham pulled up - Collasped and Died
Coralbrook 2007-04-28 fell - Collapsed and Died
Choristar 2007-04-28 fell - Broke Leg on Flat
Wot No Cash 2007-04-26 pulled up - Collapsed and Died
Graze On 2007-04-30 Wincanton pulled up -
Dundiclou 2007-05-01 Sedgefield pulled up - Struck Into Destroyed
Hearthstead Wings 2007-04-05 pulled up - Broke Leg
Rasharrow 2007-05-08 Kelso fell - Fatal Fall
In The Lead 2007-05-08 pulled up - Lost action - destroyed
Berlin Bunker 2007-05-09 pulled up - Broke Down
Graphic Approach 2007-05-10 Aintree fell - pneumonia/race injury
Racing kills - you bet it does!
375 horses are raced to death every year - just a harmless flutter?
JESUS, York says...
10:23am Fri 18 May 07
4 million human beings die each year through starvation. Tray crying about that before worrying about horses.
Source- http://www.starvatio
n.net/
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
10:27am Fri 18 May 07
Ermm... this is a comments page of a local paper - if you read, THE STORY WAS ABOUT HORSE RACING -
Horse racing:
You bet, it kills.
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
10:29am Fri 18 May 07
The first line of my post should, have read - "racing deaths since the 13th March "
not May
franco, new york says...
10:38am Fri 18 May 07
Harmless Flutter ?? wrote:well done Harmless, this is a story about horse racing.
Ermm... this is a comments page of a local paper - if you read, THE STORY WAS ABOUT HORSE RACING - Horse racing: You bet, it kills.
However, as Jesus said, more PEOPLE die every year than horses.
Jesus was also trying to make a point that before you get flustered about horses, there are people dying too. These horses are specially bred to race. I dont believe people are specially bred to starve to death.
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
11:03am Fri 18 May 07
Yes, I agree, mankind urgently needs to look at our farming methods, DIET and the environment - big stuff and there are lots of groups and online forums about these topics.
Meanwhile, as far as horse racing is concerned,
Horses have been bred progressively for lighter (and therefore weaker) bones. The weaker bones that result may shatter when animals hammer into a hurdle at speed, or stumble and fall on the flat.
375 horses are literally raced to death every year.
Horse racing
You bet, it kills.
Percy, york says...
11:21am Fri 18 May 07
375 horses are literally raced to death every year.
Not the bloody ones i backed yesterday
plaggy terry, tang hall says...
12:01pm Fri 18 May 07
ha ha, york says...
12:25pm Fri 18 May 07
btw horse meat is just a delight to fry with some herbs,black pepper,butter and garlic....yum!!!!!!
JPF, York says...
12:52pm Fri 18 May 07
In case you hadn't noticed York is a flat racing track.
ddddddd, says...
12:53pm Fri 18 May 07
plaggy terry's fan club, says...
1:07pm Fri 18 May 07
plaggy terry wrote:Hey Terry loving your new wheels, what was it a 1ltr renault?
I didn't realise my brother was in York DJing last night.
Wannabe comedian, York says...
1:49pm Fri 18 May 07
Wot No Cash 2007-04-26 pulled up - Collapsed and Died What no heart beat
In The Lead 2007-05-08 pulled up - Oops not any more
Into The Shadows 2007-04-12 Aintree pulled up - Dead I fear no evil
Graphic Approach 2007-05-10 Aintree fell - pneumonia/race injury Gruesome Exit
I could do more but i'm bored and its not that funny...
r, acomb says...
2:00pm Fri 18 May 07
Bl00dy hippies make me sick.
Frankie Dettori, italy says...
2:30pm Fri 18 May 07
r wrote:you are so right, its thousands.
Why do the animal fiddling tree hugging nutballs always turn it into a debate about the animals? Horse racing is intrinsically safe for both the rider and horse alike. Why not tell us how many race horses a years retire and live long gentle lives? I bet it runs into the 1000s Bl00dy hippies make me sick.
you said i bet....but im not a betting man.
have you tried the horse meat ice cream ,my papa sells it at his parlour in filey.
Gianfranco Dettori, Filey says...
2:57pm Fri 18 May 07
We getta the donkeys free offa the beach but we hava to pay for the bananas
ggnore, my house says...
3:04pm Fri 18 May 07
My Leg, trousers says...
3:20pm Fri 18 May 07
Ruthy, says...
6:25pm Fri 18 May 07
I am sure you have given people something to think about stating about all these horses as if people were not bothered they would not retaliate like the people do on here.
Oh those that are bothered about the amount of people that starve, have you tried giving meat up? As it takes one acre of grain to feed one cow, which used to be imported from africa, and it take a lot less grain to feed an acre full of people, so go veggie it helps those who are starving by a long way!
bob, york says...
7:23pm Fri 18 May 07
By the way Wannabe comedian, please don't put yourself down, you should have carried on - great stuff!
ggnore, my house says...
8:23pm Fri 18 May 07
My Leg wrote:Make me.
Shut up ggnore if you dont have anthing worth while to say.
Oh, that's right, you can't.
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
9:07pm Fri 18 May 07
Horse Racing and Vivisection.
EXPOSED! Race Horse Vivisection
The race-going public are mostly unaware of the painful and often lethal laboratory experiments conducted on race horses, mountain ponies and other equines. Many of the experiments are directly, or indirectly, funded by racing industry bodies, such as the Horserace Betting Levy Board.
A recent report that comes directly from the researchers own accounts that have been published in equine veterinary and other scientific journals, describe horses being deliberately infected with devastating viruses; pregnant animals undergoing abdominal surgery and subsequently aborting their young; other pregnant animals being deliberately underfed; and newborn foals subjected to stress experiments. Most of the procedures end with the horses being killed and their tissues examined.
The declared aim of the experiments is to understand why race horses damage their limbs and suffer other illnesses - and to deliver remedies. A principal practitioner of this black art is the Animal Health Trust, a veterinary charity based in Newmarket, the home of horseracing. Professor W R Twink Allen, of Cambridge Universitys Equine Fertility Unit, was involved in several of the experiments. Allen was reported to have produced the worlds first test-tube foals and is now engaged in horse cloning experiments.
His son-in-law is jockey Frankie Dettori.
Matt the Cat, says...
9:13pm Fri 18 May 07
Dettori is related to people involed in vivisection - doesn't suprise me
Next time you place a bet on a 'harmless flutter' - just remember you are financing animal cruelty
horse racing kills, you can bet on it.
Bob, york says...
9:18pm Fri 18 May 07
Matt the Cat wrote:What time is Horse Racing Kills running - hope it's a good tip Matt the Cat, I'm having a tenner on it! Are we to bet on it to win or each way?
Dettori is related to people involed in vivisection - doesn't suprise me Next time you place a bet on a 'harmless flutter' - just remember you are financing animal cruelty horse racing kills, you can bet on it.
Matt the Cat, says...
10:02pm Fri 18 May 07
Cheers Bob,
Mines a pint of bitter please! - let me help you spend your tenner on something more useful - your round mate :-)
tally ho, york says...
10:09pm Fri 18 May 07
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
10:17pm Fri 18 May 07
Beneath its glamorous, 'older lady pretending to be young' façade, commercial horse racing is a ruthless industry motivated by financial gain and prestige. Cruelty? You can bet on it!
i eat horse meat, glue factory says...
10:03am Sat 19 May 07
Harmless Flutter ?? wrote:good!!!!!!!
Approximately 15,000 foals are born into the British and Irish racing industries each year, and then only a third go on to become racers. Those horses who do not make the grade may be slaughtered for meat or repeatedly change hands in a downward spiral of neglect. Of those horses who do go on to race, around 375 are raced to death every year. Beneath its glamorous, 'older lady pretending to be young' façade, commercial horse racing is a ruthless industry motivated by financial gain and prestige. Cruelty? You can bet on it!
Harmless Flutter ??, says...
10:12am Sat 19 May 07
Keep posting HME,
your bizzare pro-cruelty posts do more for our cause every time you write -
ggnore, my house says...
1:16pm Sat 19 May 07
Harmless Flutter ?? wrote:Considerably more than your witless ramblings ever will, anyway. Which is still next to nothing. Idiot.
Keep posting HME,
your bizzare pro-cruelty posts do more for our cause every time you write -
Ruthy, says...
9:56pm Sat 19 May 07
hippy baiter, York says...
11:56am Sun 20 May 07
ggnore, my house says...
8:15pm Mon 21 May 07
Women racegoers show a head for fashion at York Racecourse
Louise Lane, of Guiseley, enjoys her day
Frankie Dettori
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