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Racing Fashion Weekly

Date to be announced · third Sunday of June (21 June in 2026)

Hexham Ladies Day

Hexham Racecourse, Hexham, United Kingdom

Northumberland hilltop Ladies Day.

what to wear

The dress code

Dress standard
Smart Casual
Millinery
encouraged
Season
Summer

Women

"We have no strict dress code." Jeans and shorts permitted; respectable fancy dress allowed; dress for the weather.

Leave at home

  • Football tops

Men

No strict dress code; jeans and shorts permitted.

Leave at home

  • Football tops

Outfits built to this dress code

What to wear to Chester Racecourse

10 outfits for women and men, across 2 enclosures, with the reason each one passes.

See the outfits

Styling notes

Exposed hilltop course: bring a layer.

Weather

Typically 11-20°C; mild to warm, long daylight, showers possible. (General UK climate guide, not from the club.)

where you are standing

Enclosure by enclosure

Hospitality

Women

Smart/casual.

Required

  • Smart/casual

Leave at home

  • Football tops

Men

Smart/casual.

Required

  • Smart/casual

Leave at home

  • Football tops

Fashions on the Field

  • Best Dressed Lady (overnight stay at Matfen Hall, hospitality)
  • Best Dressed Gent
  • Best Dressed Couple
  • Best Hat
  • Best Dressed Junior
  • (organiser Hexham Racecourse; judges circulate from gates opening)

Check the official details before you go: hexham-racecourse.co.uk ↗

for the day

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