Well-polished brogues...

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Yesterday's Post featured a splendid letter from Corinna Leigh-Turner of Somerset, bemoaning the "woeful standard of attire among a large proportion of racegoers" which clearly (and understandably) marred her enjoyment of the Cheltenham Festival: "It was once understood that how one dressed showed suitable respect for the occasion. The established dress code for men is traditionally a country suit, shirt and tie, sweater or waistcoat, well-polished brogues; the whole lot topped off with a sharp trilby which is, of course, raised on meeting and greeting." I can hardly bring myself to type what follows in her letter. She notes "with increasing despair" that instead of the above "sweaters, jeans, open-necked shirts or, God forbid, T-shirts, anoraks and worse, are de rigueur. It seems these people don't have any pride in themselves, which is reflected in their attitude and behaviour in the presence of that noble animal, the racehorse." Well, quite. Can those forum members who attended the Festival this year please confirm that they abided by the dress code? And can they advise where they buy their country suits and brogues? I'm thinking of going next year and Barnsley stockists of these items are thin on the ground.
 
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What stupid, stuck up fanny (her, not you, gus).Anyone with a modicum of decorum will dress appropriately for Cheltenham but only the Lord H's of this forum will do the full/fool tweed thing.Certainly the groups I've met on my sojourns to deepest Gloucestershire would all pass any test of appropriate dress code. Not so sure about any language code, though...
 
I turned in a mixed performance based on her standards. Tweed blazer and well-polished brogues, but let myself down with chinos and an open-necked shirt. Must try harder.
 
With around 70,000 racegoers on average each day, it is impossible to have an 'established dress code'. The woman is clearly a basket-case.........assuming it isn't a total wind-up in the first place.

FWIW, I mixed it up this year; donning my moss-green covert coat and jeans on all four days - two days with a shirt-and-tie, and two days with turtle-neck sweaters (because I basically have to be ready to delivery Milk Tray to random straps at the drop of a hat). Footwear was either petrol-blue or deep-burgundy Chelsea boots.

Digger was obviously a picture of sartorial elegance all four days, Frontrunner came dressed like a tink as he always does, and the rest of Maruco's clothes are obviously stitched into his brown suede jacket, because that's all I've ever seen him wear to the races.
 
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She is clearly unstable or as Grassy says on the wind up - does she really believe the horses are feeling disrespected??
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which is reflected in their attitude and behavior in the presence of that noble animal, the racehorse
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For what it's worth, I failed on all aspects with only a token brown quilted Barbour thrown in the direction of the country set
 
I looked great as usual, Edgt met the standards outlined above, Grey disappointed.

I presume that this is a wind up?

ps..If I could have one wish, could we ask groups of young men, aged 20-30, to desist from feral chanting whilst drunk?
 
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Bruton is a strange strange place nowadays so I'd wager that it isn't a wind-up. Full of complete and utter arsebandits like this one.
 
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My wish would be to ban the Brummies who seem to think they're auditioning for Peaky Blinders, caps and all.
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Zongalero meets your stereotype perfectly Archie. It never left his head for the whole week, and he'd easily pass for the ugly brother in the series.
 
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Frontrunner came dressed like a tink as he always does, and the rest of Maruco's clothes are obviously stitched into his brown suede jacket, because that's all I've ever seen him wear to the races.
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Tinks everywhere are feeling insulted Grassy. They are surely not as down on there luck as Frontrunner appears to be. How can any man that spends so much on manicures dress so badly.That said, I'm speculating that Corinna Leigh-Turner is actually your weekend persona, that you penned the letter, and indeed Digger'r real name is Peregrine and not Dave.
 
Maruco said:
Zongalero meets your stereotype perfectly Archie. It never left his head for the whole week, and he'd easily pass for the ugly brother in the series.
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I must accept responsibilty for this, Maruco is quite correct.

I didnt realise Cillian Murphy was the "ugly" brother however
 
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Good to see the smaller one of the Scottish little and large and talking horses own Ben Elton are in such comic form. As for those blue shoes !
 
Frontrunner or The Secret Millionaire as he is also known is the only guy i know who continues to look poorer the more he gets richer. Its a great skill.
 
Digger said:
Frontrunner or The Secret Millionaire as he is also known is the only guy i know who continues to look poorer the more he gets richer. Its a great skill.
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I think most normal people that get riches do this, in fact I think its the best way to look rich, look poor.
 
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