THE third Leopardstown Ladies Evening in aid of Breast Cancer Research was bigger, better, brighter than those that had gone before. Fabulously floral was the theme of the evening, or maybe that was just the natural feel of the season. Ladies were looking good!

Now established as a do-not-miss May evening in any racing lady’s calendar, the first running of the €50,000 Ladies Microsoft Cup was an added attraction on the card with Hayley Turner steering home the favourite to the cheers of owners, the Blackrock Racing Syndicate.