WATCH: 'It's all happening' at the Galway Races as designer shoes get caught in storm drain
The summer festival returned earlier this week, with the highlight of the week being Ladies Day — which will see horse racing and fashion as the two main items on the menu.
And while racegoers will be dressed to the nines for the occasion, sometimes items go missing due to punters being *ahem* a bit uninhibited — with RTÉ's Teresa Mannion, who's a Galwegian, sharing a hilarious video of a high heel getting caught in a storm drain.
Teresa gave an impromptu interview to the woman, who was trying to pull the heel out of the drain, with her tagging the designers Manolo Blahnik — whose heels fetch prices of around €600.
'A trapped designer heel, recycled hat, former Ladies Day winner turned judge,' Teresa wrote. 'It's all happening at the Galway Races. Winners to be announced later this afternoon.'
Incredibly, this isn't the first time that such designer shoes were discarded in the streets of Galway, as back in 2023 Teresa spoke to security at the festival; who said that they found a pair of Manolo Blahnik stilettos in the bin. The Galway Races returned this week, with Ladies Day being a highlight of the festival. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
'Security staff at Ballybrit were bemused to find a pair of designer shoes worth 660 euros dumped in a bin!' Teresa tweeted. 'Even a pair of #ManoloBlahniks couldn't sustain a lady at the #GalwayRaces.'
People were left in stitches at the dumping of the shoes — which, according to racecourse security, were left after a woman gave them to her partner, who then put them in the bin as she continued barefoot.
'The boom is back (for a select few only) hope the ladies kept them tbh [to be honest],' one person tweeted, while another joked 'Carrie Bradshaw would never' — a nod to the fact that a blue version of the suede stiletto were made famous by Sarah Jessica Parker's character in Sex and the City.
The pumps are made by Spanish designer Manolo Blahnik, and were made famous by Ms Carrie Bradshaw — who made a throwback to her blue pumps in a teaser for And Just Like That.
The Galway Races continue in Ballybrit.
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