Nicky's Rag Tales

The Irish Derby is one of the highlights of the Irish Racing season and is a day that stands out for it’s great racing, atmosphere and now great food too! Yesterday the Curragh racecourse, home of Irish Flat racing was home to thousands of beautiful happy people soaking up the vibe and generally having a really good day out. For some it’s the racing that takes centre stage and for others it’s a great occasion to dress up. The fashion was fabulous, the racing was exciting and I met up with friends for whom Derby Day is a definite not be missed event.

The forecast was for intermittent showers none of which dared to arrive, the sun shone and there were smiles all round. I filled my car with great food from the Saturday market in Temple Bar, champagne from M&S, a picnic table from Argos and chairs from the camping shop on Capel Street which were a bargain at €14.99 each.

The new addition of the Good Food Ireland Village with stands offering the best of Irish Food and live music had everyone agreeing that this was a great step though I could have done without the loudspeaker announcements. We had fabulous scallops with black pudding from Mount Falcon Ballina and delicious ice cream from Linalla and Rossmore.

I forgot my camera battery so only took a few photographs with my iPhone but some great images are here at Kildare Village who had photographers snapping absolutely everybody.

Peter Ward Country Choice, Nenagh Co Tipperary

Many thanks to the great Irish fashion website StyleBible.ie for my winning entrance tickets which meant I had more to spend on the Tote and I ended up €50 euro’s up on the day thanks to the tips given by various people ! See you all next year?