Leicester Races- Ladies Day

Ladies' Day had amazing weather and fab racing however the whole day had appalling organisation. Within the racing there were many easy wins especially for Cheerfilly who won the 4:15 by three lengths. It was also an incredible day for John Egan who rode three winners.

The 3:40 saw a very close race, Uptown Funk was slowly into stride but Bolder Bob and Amadeus Rox were prominent, Zamadance lead. Many horses made headway over two furlongs out, including Uptown Funk and Bolder Bob. At one furlong out even greater changes were made in the field,  Prosecution who had always been in touch began to lead putting Uptown Funk under pressure with Amelia Dream who even though she didn't have a clear run managed to take on and go on to beat the rest of the field by 3/4 of a length. Second was Uptown Funk and third was Prosecution.

The last race, which was the second division of the H.A.C Group Of Companies Handicap that was won FOUR seconds faster than the first division. Roger Thorpe ridden by Paddy Riley was quickly away and soon led for most of the race. The varying positions behind him not having much effect on him until three furlongs out. This when Valley of Rocks began to be pushed forward along with Shearian.  Briefly at two furlongs Rock On Dandy was in the lead, the constant changing positions within the closing stages show the competitive level of the race. But in the end it was a battle between Declan Carrol trained Shearian and Mark Johnston trained Valley Of Rocks both vying for the lead. In the end Valley Of Rocks had a little more to give then Shearian beating him by 1 1/2 lengths. The third horse was Imperial Link and the rest of the field followed closely behind.

Although the day had a horrendous start with heinous traffic and poor organisation, it could not put a dampener on the tremendous racing, luxurious ladies day was completed live music and a fireworks display.