In Pics: All the glam as punters enjoy opening day at Punchestown
The Punchestown Festival kicked off on Tuesday afternoon with many punters getting dressed up to the nines on the opening day.
Thousands of racing fans from Ireland and beyond descended on the Kildare racecourse.
The five-day spectacle is the grand finale of the National Hunt season. Sisters Nicola and Sophie Kirwan from Johnstown, Co Kildare. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Plenty of action is to be expected with record prize money and star horses on show.
Sligo-born mum Genevieve Ryan was named best dressed on the opening day with the former Guard's daughter helping her to scoop the gong. Genevieve Ryan, from Co Roscommon, who was the winner of the Bollinger Best Dressed competition on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival. Pic: Michael Chester
The stylish lady turned heads on the racecourse in a stunning black and white polka dot outfit.
She told EVOKE how she made use of her daughter, Lily-Mae's teddy bear to complete the look, after the toddler offered it up as a suggestion.
'I had the skirt and hat, but I was looking for a polka dot fabric, so I bought one myself, which I had originally planned on using, and then my four-year-old girl said, 'No, Mommy, this is the same, use this,'' Genevieve said.
Other stunning looks from the opening day can be seen below. Katie Young from Kildare. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Denise Walsh from Clane. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy Raymond and Gillian Gilbourne. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire Jane Mulroney from Dublin. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy Ellie McNamee, Samantha Tansey, Ellie Doherty, Nicola Kirwan and Sophie Kirwan. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Faith Amond, Catherine Byrne and Liz Maher. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy Lily Rose Temple from Dublin. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Gillian Gilbourne from Millstreet, Co Cork. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Lisa Walsh from Meath and Genevieve Ryan from Roscommon. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Sinead Hanrahan and Helen Doyle from Naas. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
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