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Try to get in! | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
Where is the judges? | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
We all have five selections each and then we'll narrow it down to ten | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
and then we'll pick the Best Dressed from there. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Any time the girls are at the races and they win a prize | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
or they get into the Best Dressed, they would get a rosette. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
MUSIC: Millennium by Robbie Williams | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
As long as one of us is sort of in the top ten - | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
they don't have to win - we're sort of happy. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
It's the same in the cattle world. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
If you've went out and you come last in your competition, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
well, you still like to think that judge has looked over your animal | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
as much as the first person. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
It's not about having the hat and the bag and the shoes matching. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:48 | |
It's about looking good and feeling good in your own skin. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
A little bit of chutzpah, you know? | 0:00:51 | 0:00:52 | |
The start of the 2016 season for Best Dressed Ladies, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
a series of horse-racing fixtures that will begin at Punchestown | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
and culminate with a show-stopping gala at Galway Races. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
This will be Emma Hanratty's second year. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
Last season, she won two Best Dressed Lady titles. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
People think that, because we have the races, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
we have such exciting lives | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
and we get to do all these great things and stuff, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
but we just get dressed up one day | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
and then the next day, it's just normal, you know. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
During the week, you're very... | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
Like I'm very mummy mode and, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:45 | |
you know, Oliver is, like, the most important. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
If you go down to the likes of the school | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
and you do the school run and people will be on about your outfit | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
or the teachers will be saying, | 0:01:56 | 0:01:57 | |
"Oh, we seen you and Oliver in the paper," or... | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
You know, things like that. It's nice comments to hear. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
I think it would give anybody a wee bit of confidence | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
cos I'm sure any parent and any worker | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
sometimes feels like they're just a parent or they're just a worker. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Emma's friend Kirsty Farrell is also starting her second year | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
of Best Dressed Ladies, but she has yet to win a title. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
For Best Dressed, obviously, it's an all-year sort of thing. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
Like, it runs right through winter and all summer. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
But I would usually go, like, the spring/summer kind of season, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
so it'll probably be from, like, March till | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
August or so, I would do usually. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Well, this is all the shorter dresses. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
Like, these would be suitable for wedding guests, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
like graduations, Holy Communion, anything sort of... | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Like, any special occasion. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
And then this is all full-length wear, | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
so girls going to formals, debs, black-tie weddings, | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
cruise - anything that you need a full-length dress for. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
And they're all organised in size, so they go... | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
This side is all size four up to size 12. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
And then over here, we're 14 up to about 20. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:14 | |
Kirsty works with her mum Rosie Farrell at their dress shop. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
I had no experience selling clothes. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
I couldn't get a job and I thought, "Well, I can sell anything. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:26 | |
"I can sell lorries and I can sell cars. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
"Of course I can sell clothes." So, basically, it just went from that. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
I thought, "Well, if I can't get a job, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
"I'm going to create one for myself." | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
It has advantages and disadvantages. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
It's easy to get to work. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
Work never finishes when it's at your door because you never go home. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
You're there all the time. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
You're always there if someone needs you. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
It's probably 24/7. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
Me and Kirsty are only really doing the races now. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Well, it'll be two years now in July from our first ever race. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
There's girls that's been competing for years, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
erm, and, you know, they haven't won any. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
I love going and getting my hair done, getting my make-up done. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
You know, I love even the whole preparation | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
of getting my outfit ready. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:21 | |
We are exhausted this week. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
I was sleeping last night for, like, half nine. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
We do not know how the Kardashians can do this, like, every day. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
We'll not see the first race because they... | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
They're judging around the first race. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
All the ladies meet at one point and they pick their top five. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
So, they announce it straight after the first race then. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
But me and Kirsty don't even know how to bet. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
-We're so bad, like. -We need someone to pick for us. -Yeah. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
We sort of get there early, so there's just one... | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
-We try to get as close as possible. -So you don't have to walk too far. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
-You, like, park on the grass, like. -Yeah. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
Takes us long in the high heels, but it's only two minutes, like. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
-We'll be tripping along. -Yeah, we'll be tripping along! | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
Punchestown in Kildare is the first racing festival of the season | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
that Emma and Kirsty will compete in. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
It attracts over 100,000 people | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
and holds a prize that includes a year's supply of champagne | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
for the best dressed lady. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Right, that's your cream. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
We're taking these umbrellas, too. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
From the word go, the girls will be watched by judges from afar. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
They shortlist, and the finalists are invited to the stage, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
so it's vital to catch the judges' eye as early as possible. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
The judges aren't even here yet. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:50 | |
Well, not here. They're... I haven't seen them. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
Oh, my God. Where is the judges? | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
-You absolutely look stunning. -Oh, thank you. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
She hates that! She's afraid of yous. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
How could you be afraid of an animal with eyelashes like me? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
-You're not so bad. -Best of luck today, ladies. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
-Yous look brilliant. -Thank you. Thank you. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
Finally, Emma and Kirsty are spotted by a judge. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
-Hello, how are you? -Hi, how are you? I'm one of the judges today. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
-You look amazing. -Thank you. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
All of you look incredible. Oh, my goodness. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
The judges are just doing their rounds, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:29 | |
so they've come over and then they just take your details - | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
the PR girls take your details - | 0:06:32 | 0:06:33 | |
and then just take it from there then. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
So, we're going to do a wee walk | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
just so they can see your outfit again | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
and then you just have to wait then to see if you're final five or not, | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
so it just depends. We're going to the bar! | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
Even though they have been noticed by a judge, | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
it's the all-important finalists badge | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
that will get them to the stage. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
That's it. That's the last one. | 0:06:58 | 0:06:59 | |
They have their five picked. That's it. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
Emma and Kirsty have not made the final list. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
-I'm, like, a sore loser. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
-Is my eye all black? It is, isn't it? -It's not at all. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
Absolutely gorgeous is our Roisin from Moone in Kildare. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
-I'm getting a chicken burger. -I'm getting a cheeseburger. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
I hope that they have curry sauce. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
She looks absolutely fabulous here today. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Jennifer is our pretty woman. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
-So, three chicken burgers and then two curry chips, yeah? -Yeah. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
Absolutely gorgeous, and I love, love, love this outfit. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
-Ooh, I put vinegar! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
I put vinegar on my...! I put vinegar on my burger! | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
-The winner is Leona Skelly. -CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
Well done, Leona. Congratulations to you. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
They picked her, number one. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
These are to die for. Is there any forks, no? | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
Angela Caldwell has been winning prizes for several years | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
with her unique line of clothing. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Well, I collect most of them from charity shops, | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
vintage shops, hand-me-downs, holidays. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
This dress came from New York. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
On average, I would pay about maybe £3, £4. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:32 | |
£3. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
Yeah, £5. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:35 | |
You know, we're all wearing something that hasn't cost a fortune | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
and it is unique and it's a wee bonus that way. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
I haven't had to go out and spend £500 on an outfit | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
and we've still been able to have a chance at winning, so... | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
This was an old bridesmaid's dress | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
and we shortened it, took it in, added on the lace. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:55 | |
If you ever see a wee bird on the road, there's always a use. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:00 | |
So, this was a nice top | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
that made me look a little bit like Bet Lynch. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
All I've done is really recycled, reused the piece of material | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
and make it into something that I can use, which is a hat. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:16 | |
I think Stacey started it cos Stacey won Best Dressed | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
at an agricultural show and won such a fabulous prize, | 0:09:20 | 0:09:25 | |
I mean, that we were all sort of a bit shocked, you know, | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
that, "Is that all you had to do | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
"was, like, just sort of walk around a bit, get plenty of attention?" | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
She, at that stage, won a holiday to Italy. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
She won an open-top car. She won a diamond ring. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
She won shopping vouchers and it was like, "Really?" | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
So, I think that was really where the bug of actually dressing up | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
and making the effort came from. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
And, I mean, from a personal point of view, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
I think it'd be very silly for any of the girls to go out and say, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
"Well, I've no hope." | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
While some make their own hats, | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
others are made by professionals, which is where Mairead comes in. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
The hat's the final thing you put on your head. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
You know, it's the first thing when you're walking through the crowds | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
at a race meeting that somebody can see, is your face and your hat. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
There's, like, 29 hours of work went into that hat. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
So, do you know... | 0:10:23 | 0:10:24 | |
..unless somebody's going to wear it three, four, five times, | 0:10:25 | 0:10:30 | |
you know, it's probably more economical for them | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
to hire that piece than to buy it. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
Getting something made, getting something custom-made, | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
it's just a better finish for an outfit | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
because the hat has been made to match not only the outfit, | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
but the individual that's wearing it. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:46 | |
One individual is Kirsty, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
and Mairead has made a hat based upon her dress. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
So, this is for... | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
-You're wearing this to the Curragh? -Yeah. -Lovely. It's beautiful. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
This is all going to be pearl. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:00 | |
-The whole way round? -The whole way round. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
Yeah, top and bottom, so there'll be at least two rows of pearl, if not three. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
-OK, that's that sorted. -Good. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
So, then Emma... | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
-Emma's in Lanzarote, is she? -Yeah, she went away there yesterday. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
But she'll be back in time for Sunday? | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
-Yeah, she'll be back Thursday. -Right. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
After not making the final ten in Punchestown, | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Emma is on a mission to impress the judges at the Curragh, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
their second race of the season. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
-Now I feel awful. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
Kirsty was drinking last night. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
-What time were you up at this morning? -I got up at eight. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
I had about ten alarms set in case I slept in. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Do you have to enter for Ladies' Day or what way does it work? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
No, you just wander around. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:54 | |
I'm not sure if they've been around already or not. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
I haven't seen anybody. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
Once again, the judges are watching from afar. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
We're judges. I've been judging for years and years and years. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
So, I publish Irish Tatler, so, naturally, | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
it's a real exercise in making one friend and about 99 enemies. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
They're going to give bands. A couple of the girls have bands. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
-But we don't! -We don't. -THEY LAUGH | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
We're sitting here sipping tea with no bands! | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
It's a guessing game for Emma and Kirsty - | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
who are the judges, and have they been spotted yet | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
in order to get that all-important wristband? | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
Their only plan? To keep on walking in the hope that they get noticed. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:43 | |
Yeah, they could be, like, up there looking down | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
seeing all the style as it walks in, you know that sort of way? | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
So, they could be just doing that for the next maybe half-hour | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
before they come down. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:53 | |
But then the winner isn't announced till 4.30, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
so they could give out bands to 20 people and only pick ten, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
you know that sort of way? It just depends. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:01 | |
But they watch everything. They watch how ladylike you are, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
what way you hold your drink - everything. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
I have seen some women today who are quite uncomfortable | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
and that's just something that's going to get you ruled out straightaway. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
You've got to try and get that magic combination | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
of looking good but feeling comfortable, as well. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
We'll do one more walk and then, if I'm not picked, I haven't a hope. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:27 | |
-Hello. -For Best Dressed? -Oh, sure. Thank you so much. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
So, we meet at the horse statue, straight down, at quarter to three. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:45 | |
-Is that OK? -OK, perfect. Thank you so much. -Great. Thank you. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
The red judge has shortlisted Kirsty, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
closely followed by the green judge who shortlists Emma. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
It's not even that you're worried because you want to get picked. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
It's worried that you want to see that somebody has seen your outfit, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
you know that sort of way? Like, have they actually seen the front | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
and the back and all the detail? | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
Like, it's plain, but it's still quite detailed. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
So, yeah, that's what you're more worried about | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
rather than getting in. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
Out of this, they're going to pick, I think, ten girls. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
-Probably a top ten or something. -Out of this, they'll pick ten girls. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
So, you'll just have to wait and see what's going to happen. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
From the short list, Emma and Kirsty are chosen to be in the final five. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
-I texted my mother. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
Just sending the report through to Newry - | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
there's two in the top five. That's a win. That's good. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
The nerves are evident for all five finalists, | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
but only one can be the best dressed lady. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -The best dressed lady today is... | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
..Kirsty Farrell. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
That's Kirsty's first win, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
and all the time, she's going out, do you know what I mean? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
And, like, I mean, you know how she felt this morning! | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
So, maybe she should go out the night before in future! | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
I'm your best friend. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
Where is she? | 0:15:34 | 0:15:35 | |
Oh, my God. My mouth's pure twitching! | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Now, have you got a spare shopping bag? | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
You've got to be hopeful! | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Angela and her sister Michelle are bargain hunting | 0:15:51 | 0:15:53 | |
for their outfits for the Down Royal races. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
£2.50. Bargain. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
You never know when you might need a grey handbag. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
We're from a very strong line of females. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
Sure, our grandmother, she farmed up till she was 90. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
-It's in the family. -It's in the blood, as they say! | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
-But it just shows you. So, my gran loved the style, too. -Yeah. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
You know, her wee brooches. She was a farmer | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
and would have worked really hard all her life, you know. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
Passed away at 95. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:23 | |
But she did love to get dressed up, too. It didn't matter. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
-Oh, that's lovely. -Yeah. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
-Yeah, no, it's a perfect colour. -Yeah, that's perfect. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
'I work long, long hours, and, you know, | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
'would be in a very structured, routine job and stuff | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
'and it's nice just to do something that's totally, | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
'you know, outside that, | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
'and we can share that passion with the girls.' | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
I'll take that there. That'll do a hat. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
Cut it up. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
People can look at me and they think I'm very confident | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
and they think I've got everything | 0:16:53 | 0:16:54 | |
and I'm always out in these nice outfits. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
I have, you know, a journey ahead, | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
which I don't know what that journey's going to be, | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
so if I want to go out and enjoy myself, I'm going to do it. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
Last year, I was very, very ill, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
and our days of racing, I thought, was over | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
and hence even all my buying | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
and going round charity shops all stopped. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
I was in hospital for quite a bit | 0:17:16 | 0:17:17 | |
and was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
They also found an aneurysm, and I had spent quite a bit of time | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
up until Christmas in and out of hospital. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
So much so that, actually, at the races at the weekend, | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
someone said, "Where's all your nice, long, blond hair?" | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
Having to explain that half of it was shaved off at Christmas, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
you know, due to illness, you know, they were quite shocked. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
People can look at me and they think I'm very confident | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
and they think I've got everything | 0:17:42 | 0:17:43 | |
and I'm always out in these nice outfits. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
I've had an illness that there's no cure for | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
that may, through time, affect my mobility, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
my eyesight and my hearing. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
It'd be nice with long black gloves and a nice... | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
Sure, it's only £4. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
It's quite good now because, you know, | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
my family are very supportive, due to my illness and all. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
Used to be I had to go round charity shops on my own. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
Now I have people come and carry my bags, drive the car. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
"Oh, yes, don't be going on your own." | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
It's great, so I work it to my advantage! | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
You know there's something wrong when you can't even lock the door! | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
Angela and her family are going to the Down Royal races, | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
the highlight of the Northern Irish horse-racing season, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
which has been going since the 17th century. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
Also there is Kirsty, | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
fresh from her win at the Curragh races. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
See you tomorrow morning if you find that lying at the bottom of the bed. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
-Fuck! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
Unlike other Best Dressed competitions, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
the women are not being watched from afar. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
They are photographed on arrival | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
and then phoned by a judge if they have been shortlisted. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
What happens now? This is where you can either act like Brown's cows | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
and just stop and parade round | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
and do laps and get blisters on your feet, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
or you do the sensible thing and you start betting on the horses | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
and just relaxing. And if they're interested - | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
if they've seen your picture, they're interested - | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
they'll come and find you. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:38 | |
Thanks very much, dear. Good luck. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
7-2. I don't know what that means! | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
-What colour is your horse? -Well, they're all brown, aren't they? | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
-No, your man, not the horse. -I don't know. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -'On the near side, Cheers Buddy. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
'Cheers Buddy's picked up. Pierre D'Or - not much between them. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
'Ask Dad is third, but it's Cheers Buddy. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
'In the closing stages, Cheers Buddy...' | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
CHEERING DROWNS OUT SPEECH | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
-Is that a win? -No, you didn't win! | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
-Yes! -Is that it? -90 quid. -That's it? -Whoo! | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
That lasted, like, two seconds. I could have run that. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
But the real race has yet to be run, | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
as Kirsty and Angela wait to receive a judge's phone call | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
that will put them on the short list. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
I'm in the top ten! | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
-Mummy's in with a chance! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
So, I'm telling the girls to check their phones just in case. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
Top ten, bitches! | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
We're like little horses in the parade ring. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
We've got, I think, ten finalists in our Best Dressed. And the outfit? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
Oh, my usual - I'm head to toe in charity shop | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
and I made the hat during the week myself. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
-Fantastic. -CHEERING | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
The person who's going to be the most popular person | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
looking for somebody to go to Las Vegas with her for five days | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
in a fabulous five-star retreat... | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
..is Kirsty Farrell. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE -Congratulations, Kirsty. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
-What?! -Vegas, baby! | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
-Oh, my God, I can't cope. -Vegas! | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Oh, you'll see Celine Dion. See Celine Dion! | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
-Oh, I'm so excited! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
I'm shocked that, actually, I did get into the final ten. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
I did look around today and the standards were very high. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
We'll go home and the horses still need mucked out | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
and the animals need fed. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:31 | |
It mightn't be in this particular outfit. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
I probably will take the hat off! | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
The final race of the season is Galway, | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
and the pressure is mounting. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
These few weeks are crazy-busy, you know. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
That's why I don't get to go down to Galway myself, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
because when Thursday arrives, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
you know, we're just that exhausted | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
from working over the last couple of weeks in preparation for it. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
So this is Kirsty's hat for day one. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
This is the back of the hat here. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
The floral details will sort of nest into her hair. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
So I know it's definitely different, like, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
it's really like a race-day statement hat. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
I sound as if we're in Ibiza. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
We would like to have a good bit of red across here in the front. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
I don't think there needs to be that much turned up on that. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
-There. -Definitely touching on the ground. Yeah. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
It's going to be knockout. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
We're really not in the mind-set, for Galway, | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
to get into a top ten or to get into, you know, anything. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
We're just going to be different. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
-No, we're really not. -No, I am. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Youse are going to get in the top ten this year! | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
Well, I know I won't. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:43 | |
Well, we're going to put in an effort and we're going to try our best. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
If we get into the top ten, I would like two in, that would be great. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
And youse call me competitive! | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
I hope it fits! | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
I might have to add a wee strip in. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
And what I cut off the bottom I could make myself a hat with! | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
Galway races it is, then, on Thursday. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
MUSIC: A Little Respect by Erasure | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
Galway is the richest National Hunt race in Ireland. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
There is a 10,000 euro prize for the best-dressed lady. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
Emma and Kirsty have arrived early | 0:23:29 | 0:23:31 | |
to get their hair and make-up done in the city. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
We're wrecked though. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:37 | |
Like, we didn't get to bed till, like, 2:30am. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
So we were up and still talking about outfits | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
and, like, "What do you think the judges will go for?" | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
and, "Who do you think's going to get it?" | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
I feel a wee bit sick, to be honest! | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
Not a hung-over sick this time, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
I actually feel a wee bit, I don't know, actual sick. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
So I probably am ready for a break, yeah. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
It's taking its toll on me. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
I'm going to say get out there, girls, and give it your best shot! | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
MUSIC: Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Spotters will allocate pink bracelets to the finalists, | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
who are then invited into the judge's tent. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
Only finalists and judges can enter. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
We kind of want somebody who's standing out, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
who's not particularly here to be, you know, to win the prize, | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
but who just happens to be looking very well, | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
looking very stylish and elegant and is having a good time at the races. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Hold on a second - this is going to blow away. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
Oh! | 0:24:58 | 0:24:59 | |
There'll be 25 people selected among the five of us. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
We all have five selections each, | 0:25:03 | 0:25:04 | |
and then we'll narrow it down to ten | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
and then we pick the best-dressed from there. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
But youse have lovely stock. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
I have had a wee look there online and stuff. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
But it is all, like, high-end glamorous, it's stunning. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:19 | |
'There's little else that can be done - | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
'apart from stay close to the tent | 0:25:21 | 0:25:22 | |
'and hope to be invited in.' | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
-So beautiful. -Thank you. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
I will send a picture to China. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
Ben, do you like the whole best-dressed side of things? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
No, do you like the racing side of things? No. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
You always look stunning anyway, and your hats are just amazing. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
I just haven't got the budget yet to buy one! But someday, maybe. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
People are trying more, sort of thing. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
I think it's getting more of a big thing, | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
like people are putting in more an effort. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
OK, we're going to... The judges are deliberating. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
It is getting harder and harder, you know, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
to say that, you know, we've won and we've been picked | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
is a good achievement. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:05 | |
Another win for the top ten would be good. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
As our judges have laid their cards on the table | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
we can announce the top ten. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
The waiting game is over. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
Well, how did you get on? | 0:26:21 | 0:26:22 | |
Not good. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
Well, we didn't get picked. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:26 | |
..in Galway, for those lovely goody bags... | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
I've had my time, I think, so I'm happy for everybody up there. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
The top ten is a win for us. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
You know, a top 20 or a top ten or to get acknowledged. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
But, you know, like, we're on Facebook at the minute | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
and the feedback that we're getting from Facebook | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
is nearly better than winning, you know, from our outfits. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
And there's another advantage in not being selected. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
As soon as I seen the last finalist getting her badge, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
I was like, "Right, shoes off!" | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
That's me done. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:02 | |
I'm going for the fun of it anyway. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
Yes, I would love to have a size-eight figure | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
and I'd love to be six foot tall, | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
and I'd love to be winning all round me, | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
but I have to be realistic. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:22 | |
My family is my life, | 0:27:24 | 0:27:25 | |
and more so now that I have been ill, you know, | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
they are more important to me. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
I mean, I go on my holidays with my mum and my aunt | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
and I take my 80-year-old uncle to the races and things, | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
because that's what it's about. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
It's about sharing those good days out with your family | 0:27:38 | 0:27:43 | |
and having a laugh. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:44 | |
The biggest thing that we've learnt this year | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
is that, like, well, we've learnt how to bet, so we can bet now. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
So we don't just come for the Ladies' Day! | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
Obviously the papers aren't going to pick you all the time to put in. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
This is a kind of a phase and it will drizzle out and I thought, | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
yeah, obviously, that's going to happen. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
I'm not always going to make it into the top ten or the top five, | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
this is a phase. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:14 | |
Maybe this will be my year, sort of thing, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
and then next year they'll be like, "Right, it's time for someone new," | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
so I'll probably... | 0:28:19 | 0:28:20 | |
That'll happen! | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 |