Join the glamorous ladies of JCI for a full day at the historic St. Leger Races in Doncaster

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Registration includes champagne brunch and a ticket to County Stand on the Saturday of the St. Leger Races, 11th of September 2010.

Registration ends 1st of May 2010

You are welcome to join us wether you are a current JCI member, a JCI Senator, a guest of a member or JCI alumni, as long as you are a lady.

Style Awards:

During the day we will vote on the Styliest Ladies among ourselves. Prices will be awarded to the best hat, the most fabulous outit, and more! 

Do's:

• Hats/Fascinators are essential for ladies
• Appropriateness of the outfit for races
• Interpretation, style and originality of current trends
• Attention to detail
• Grooming and deportment
• Coordination of ensemble

Don'ts

• Revealing attire including mini skirts/dresses, plunging necklines, bare midriff, or clothing made of see-through materials.
• Evening gowns

Practicalities:

Doncaster is less than 2 hours away from London with train, so it is possible to go from London to Doncaster for the races in the morning and returning the next day. Traintickets can easily be bought on The Trainline.

If you wish to stay they night we recommend the hotel:

The Earl of Doncaster

The Earl of Doncaster is superbly located between Doncaster Racecourse & Bloodstock Sales and Doncaster town centre with each being less than 500 metres away. The Earl of Doncaster Hotel provides a great base for visiting local attractions.

About the Doncaster Races:

Doncaster is one of the oldest established centres for horse racing in Britain, with records of regular race meetings going back to the 16th century. In 1600 the corporation tried to put an end to the races because of the number of ruffians they attracted, but by 1614 it acknowledged failure and instead marked out a racecourse.

The earliest important race was the Doncaster Gold Cup, first run over Cantley Common in 1766, ten years before a move to the racecourse's present location. In 1776 Colonel Anthony St. Leger founded a race in which five horses ran. This race has remained in existence and become the world's oldest classic race. During the first world war the racecourse was used for military purposes and substitute races were run at Newmarket from 1915 to 1918.

Doncaster has the distinction of both starting and ending the flat season on turf. Every September, Doncaster hosts the prestigious four-day St. Leger Festival, which is acclaimed as the premier sporting occasion of the Autumn calender. Doncaster has also taken over events whose traditional homes have closed, such as the Lincoln in 1965.

More history was made at Doncaster in 1992 when it staged the first ever Sunday meeting on a British racecourse, a crowd of 23,000 turned up despite there being no betting.

Today, after more than four hundred years of racing, the St. Leger is undoubtedley still the highlight of Doncaster's year. Throughout the racing calendar there is a full programme of top class racing, with flat racing in the summer and jumping action all winter.