It’s all a fix! You have to be there early in the mornings for some of race meetings, Galway especially starts at 11 but the the meeting starts at 1pm, so best dressed has already started and being picked picked. I’ve yet to see an unknown win, at first it was links to trainers and Jockeys, now it’s milliners, influencers, etc. I know for a fact some people don’t enter best dressed because they know such a such person is going to win. Hiring the hats or renting the dresses from a boutiques will tell you if anyone else is also entering the competition so you know who the competition is before you even get there. At a local race meeting I went to, an influencer one, there was nothing special about her outfit or her hat but the judge knew her and that was it. I was in the company of this influencer and the judge met her before and told her she was already in the top 10 but when her name was called we did the whole oh my god aaahhhh reaction! And when she won, it was a given, a local girl, promoting a local milliner and boutique! Her Instagram following grew- winners all round. The main contestants for ladies day come for the competition and leave, I never see them staying on the race meeting after. Only time I did see one was she was runner up at punchestown and she was pissed as a fart at the racecourse that night and the boyfriend having to carry her out and her sash still on her. She has since won a few ladies day! If you look back on all the race meetings you see a trend of who is winning what and when and where. All you need is one win to get a bigger Instagram follower and for an up and coming influencer that’s major. I know judges who have picked best friends as winners, especially at local race meetings. I know judges have picked certain milliners as winners as they are wearing their hats. It’s all a scam and I’ve loved looking into the whole shoddy world of it all for years. Often the best dressed girls are the one who aren’t even looked at, im Sure we’ve all gone to the races and picked out amazing dresses on girls and they are never picked. Half of the time I won’t know who won because they never stay on to celebrate. It’s enter be judged be picked and be gone. I know a few girls who travel to galway daily from south of Ireland just for the best dressed competition time slot, enter be judged, not win and go home and pick another outfit for tomorrow. It’s a full time business for some people!
Shill, shill, shill. She's as shady as they come. You couldn't trust a thing she recommends.