WE estimate that there was approximately €20,000 in prizes given away in the various best dressed competitions at Leopardstown and the Curragh last weekend.

On Saturday at Leopardstown Liz Maher from Bagenalstown won a €5,000 Louise Kennedy shopping experience and a weekend in the Powerscourt Hotel worth €3,000. Liz, a regular on the racing circuit, wore a hand-made hat she created herself and a Jaeger silver thread coat over black cigarette trousers.