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Harvest Festival concludes today

Sep 23, 2023 10:02 By radiokerrysport
Harvest Festival concludes today
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The Listowel Harvest Festival concludes this afternoon with an all national hunt card.

The 50 thousand euro Charlie Chute Memorial Handicap Steeplechase is the main event.

That’s off at 4.30.

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The going at Listowel is yielding to soft, yielding in places.

First race of 8 is at 1.35.

Kathleen Flaherty from Kilmorna, Listowel, was declared the McElligotts Kia Best Dressed Lady at Listowel Races Ladies Day. She won a trip for two to New York staying in the iconic Fitzpatricks Hotel in Manhattan.

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The winner of the Most Creative Headpiece was Anne-Marie Corbett from Mitchelstown, Co. Cork who received a cheque for €1000 and the winner of the Most Contemporary Outfit was Nhung Pham Thi McNamara from Ballybunion and she received a cheque for €500 which she has donated to Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

Kathleen Flaherty wore a hand crochet sky blue jacket with matching skirt and accessorised with a silver headpiece and silver courts from Footprints in Listowel.

Anne-Marie Corbett wore a striking fuchsia feathered headpiece by milliner Carol Kennelly and a bespoke matching midi-length fitted dress by Phoenix V in Cork.

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Nhung Pham Thi McNamara, who is originally from Vietnam and now married locally, wore a handmade traditional Vietnamese Áo dài in the most vibrant shade of sunshine yellow embellished with embroidered flowers.

The Group 2 Beresford Stakes is the highlight of an eight-race card at The Curragh, which gets underway at 1.20.

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