Quote: (07-24-2012 03:30 PM)Aliblahba Wrote:
Quote: (07-24-2012 03:28 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote:
Quote: (07-24-2012 08:47 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (07-23-2012 08:17 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote:
Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
No.
Would love to go though.
Any idea what the chick scene is like there?
Some notion, yeah.
Where I used to work, we hosted coach parties coming back, since most people go for one day, not all three. Lots of talent, well-dressed folk. Don't know what the ratio is like, because the only examples you see in british papers or tv are the chavs and people who start fights in the parking lot (even at Ascot, this happens every year).
I know the Royal Enclosure has stricter dress code, lots of models go there, and it's invitation required, so better class of people hopefully? abd probably better looking girls. Very international if you go to meet people other than women. Lots of Saudi and Dubai visitors come, I've met a number. Dubai especially has a big racing culture, so buyers and breeders turn up to do networking.
Galway, no idea beyond hearsay.
Bust out a data sheet holmes!
Well, I haven't gone to Ascot, I'd just see people going and coming back. Worked in the same hotel two and a half years, and it was a short journey to the track, so we had whole offices meet there or families stay overnight and go in the morning on a rental coach. Served lots of Arabs, they talk about Ascot and the Dubai Cup, although plenty don't watch the actual racing, they go to hit on expat women. Like Gmanifesto!
All the same, something to be learned. The regular guests do it for more than fun, it's a class thing and they take it really fucking seriously, especially in the Royal Enclosure, where you need to be invited by an established member. They only stop bragging about their winnings or the cost of outfits to moan about the people in the grounds looking like crap and getting drunk. Standards are big for them.
The grandstand tickets are the next best thing, anyone can buy them, not as good a view.
Everybody else in the silver ring (cheapest, less demanding dress code, but crowded ) just goes for enjoyment.
http://www.ascot.co.uk/pdf/grandstandplanroyal11.pdf
As to what it's like to go, i can only report what other people told me. Might go next year when i'm richer
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