RACEGOERS on Thursday and Friday were encouraged to stay on after the races and chill out to a variety of musical treats. In separate venues you had a choice on Thursday of listening to Liverpool alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds, or dancing to a DJ set from Heart FM radio’s Joel Ross and Lorna Bancroft.

It got even better on Friday when many were torn between listening to the music choices of BBC Radio 2’s popular presenter Jo Whiley, though it looked as though the crowd was bigger for a great set performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.