Ladies' Day 2012
PUBLISHED: 10:55 21 March 2012 | UPDATED: 21:12 20 February 2013
Tottenham Hotspur footballer Gareth Bale attends the festival.
Ladies' Day at Cheltenham always proves to be one of the most popular and colourful events of the Festival, and this year was no exception.
Ladies Day at Cheltenham always proves to be one of the most popular and colourful events of the Festival, and this year was no exception. Amid the flurry of racing excitement, well-dressed women competed for the best-dressed awards, while HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, watched the action and presented the prize for the Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase.
Photography by Victoria Jones
Ladies' Day 2012
The Countess Bathurst, Sara Apsley, with Laurence and Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen.
Stella Saunders from Hampshire, Stacey Bedford from Wincester and Kathy Van Vuuren from Bourton-on-the-Water.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary enjoys Ladies Day at Cheltenham Festival.
Winner of the Best Dressed Award on Ladies Day, Margaret Connolly from Ireland.
Michelle Mone and Carol Vorderman enjoy Ladies Day at Cheltenham Festival.
Nicky Henderson (second left) and jockey Jeremiah McGrath collect their awards for Une Artiste's victory in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.
HRH Duchess of Cornwall presents jockey Barry Geraghty with a trophy after Finian's Rainbow's victory.
Judges in the Ladies Day Fashion Awards, Sam Bawden, Lucy Garbutt of the Hop Skip and Jump Charity, and Kate Parker of Kate Parker Style.
Lystra Adams from Staffordshire wears a design by Dawn Guibert of York.
General view of the Guiness Village at Cheltenham Festival.
Milliner Denise Innes, with Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen wearing one of Denise's designs.
Jo Ireland and Anna Lewin from Cheltenham.
Kazlian, ridden by Tom Scudamore, in action during the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.
Mimi and Doug Theobald from Inverness.
Jockey Barry Geraghty and owner Michael Buckley celebrate Finian's Rainbow's victory in the Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase.
Jo Stafford Rachael Mannion, Sue Brinson, Wendy Thomson, Jen Stannard and Claire Kirkhope.
Jackie L-B, the Countess Bathurst, Sara Apsley, Stuart Holmes and Kate Parker with winners Margaret Connolly, Alisha Foley and Brogan King.
Sarah Levy from London, Charlotte Hunter from Bristol and Jenny Axtmann from Solihull.
Trainer Nicky Henderson is honoured for his achievements at Cheltenham Festival.
Trophies for the Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase and the Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase.
Victoria Schlesinger, Sarah Clark of Gloucestershire College, and Sam Bawden.
Winner of the Best Hat Award on Ladies Day, Alisha Whitehead from Nottingham.
HRH Duchess of Cornwall with trainer Nicky Henderson, owner Michael Buckley and jockey Barry Geraghty after Finian's Rainbow's victory.
HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Hannah Molloy from Bristol.
General view of spectators at Cheltenham Festival.
General view of Cheltenham Festival.
Emma and Ann Whitelaw of Chapel Spa and Cheltenham Fashion Week.
Alisha Foley and Annette Knowles from Nottingham.
Annemarie Cullen and Paula Geraghty from Ireland.
Adrian McStay from Pershore, and Pauline Kelly and Mike Smith from Bredon read the Racing Post.
Racegoers at Cheltenham Festival read the Racing Post.
Natalia Brown from Leeds
Gillian Cockwell and Jennifer Cockwell from Bristol wear designs by Gilly Woo Couture
General view of spectators
General view of Cheltenham Festival
Alice Smith from the Royal College of Art
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