THE Down Royal Summer Festival of Racing takes place later this month (June 23rd and 24th) when day two, Ladies Day, will feature the Younique Aesthetics’ ‘Best Dressed Lady Competition’.

With the BoyleSports Ulster Derby (Premier Handicap) and the BoyleSports Ulster Oaks both highlights on the track, it will be no less competitive in the enclosures where the ‘Best Dressed Lady Competition’ will ensure that frocks, fascinators, heels and hats will be the order of the day.

The perfect partner for this prestigious competition, Younique Aesthetics is an award-winning clinic offering professional aesthetic treatments as well as a wide range of cosmetic services including injectables, skin rejuvenation and body treatments.

The competition is open to all female racegoers, with the winner taking home an impressive £3,000 voucher to be used at Younique Aesthetics, in Belfast or Newry, across all treatments and products.

Judges for this highly acclaimed competition include Cool FM Presenter and fashion enthusiast Rebecca McKinney alongside Managing Director of ACA Models, Victoria Withers.

Aine Larkin Msc PgDip Pgcert ALNP, clinical director at Younique Aesthetics, said: “We are delighted to be sponsoring the ‘Best Dressed Lady Competition’ at Down Royal’s Summer Festival of Racing and we are looking forward to marvelling at the spectacle of style at one of the most fashionable and highly anticipated events of the year.

Grab your frocks

“We encourage all ladies to grab their frocks and fascinators and take part in this fabulous competition to be in with a chance of winning an amazing £3,000 Younique Aesthetics voucher.”

Kathryn Holland, commercial manager at Down Royal, said: “We are delighted to welcome Younique Aesthetics as the principal sponsor of our ‘Best Dressed Lady Competition’. This is yet another example of two local brands working hand-in-hand to support one another.

“Ladies Day is the highlight of our racing calendar, and the theatre of the competition will add an extra element of excitement and entertainment to an already prestigious day of horse racing.

“We’re encouraging all ladies to enter and step up to the style stakes to be in with the chance of winning Younique Aesthetics’ attractive prize, while enjoying what will no doubt be the high point of the summer season.”

The best dressed horse in the photograph above is the Jamie Sloan-trained Love And Wishes who behaved impeccably for the shoot before heading out on his summer holidays. Owned and bred by John Taylor, the 11-year-old Winged Love gelding was beautifully turned-out by Justine Harding.