At the Bollinger suite at The Curragh were: 1. Cera Ward; 2. Gillian Kelleher; 3. Rachel Kavanagh with winner Emer Lynch. Pics.: Conor Healy.
Racing for Classic glory wasn’t the only contest on offer on The Irish Field St Leger Day at the Curragh last weekend. The Bollinger Champagne Best Hat competition saw many of the well dressed female racegoers put their best Hat forward in a bid to win the title of Bollinger Best Hat 2009 judged by actress Rachel Kavanagh.
A group of 6 ladies made it to the final and battled it out to try for the year’s supply of Bollinger Champagne on offer, with each of the fashion finalists receiving goodie bags packed full of luxuries and pampering treats. Ahead of the game though was Emer Lynch from Tara, Co. Meath who won with a winning hat which she had made at home herself.
Judge Rachel Kavanagh was impressed with the quality of entrants: “It was so hard to choose the winner as all the finalists had fabulous headwear but Emer really did stand out from the crowd and deserves her prize, especially a homemade hat in the current financial climate.”
