THE Down Royal Festival of Racing will be the highpoint of the year for racing aficionados, socialites and fashionistas alike as the track hosts its feature National Hunt meeting on Friday and Saturday, October 29th and 30th.

With the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Chase the highlight of the card, it will be no less competitive in the enclosures with Ladies Day taking place for the first time in two years on the Saturday with a new sponsor in Dr Emma Clinics, Ireland’s premier facial aesthetics practitioners.