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Scotsman
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
The Edinburgh Cup Raceday is weekend tonic for Musselburgh racing fans
Musselburgh Racecourse is preparing for one of its most competitive race days of the summer season - The Edinburgh Cup in partnership with Edinburgh Gin - on Saturday 7 June. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A thrilling day of top-class horse racing, live entertainment, and premium hospitality is on the cards at the seven-race meeting with prize money of almost £160,000 on offer. The feature race, the £50,000 Edinburgh Cup, run over 1 mile 1 furlong, is complemented by the equally prestigious £50,000 Edinburgh Gin British EBF Queen of Scots Stakes, which showcases the finest fillies and mares over seven furlongs. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Queen of Scots event - a Class 1 Listed race - has become a key stepping stone for horses targeting Royal Ascot and the major summer festivals during the flat racing season and this year's renewal is expected to attract another stellar field. Action packed and glamorous - The Edinburgh Cup is staged this weekend at Musselburgh Racecourse. Musselburgh Racecourse director, Bill Farnsworth, said: "The Edinburgh Cup has established itself as one of the standout fixtures in Scotland's racing calendar, consistently attracting high-quality fields from leading trainers across the UK, and this year promises to deliver the same exceptional standard of racing that has made this meeting so popular with both racing enthusiasts and social racegoers alike." For racing fans keen to keep up with the action at the Betfred Derby, screens around the course will show the world's greatest Flat race live from Epsom Downs. Away from the track, Musselburgh's Main Stage will feature live music entertainment, building up to the legendary After Racing Party hosted by Forth One's popular Boogie in the Morning, which is open to all racegoers after the final race. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Best dressed racegoer of the day could win a £500 clothing voucher and four Pimm's Enclosure tickets to Musselburgh's sell-out Ladies Day on 8 August, courtesy of Slater Menswear, who are the official Men's Fashion Partner to The Edinburgh Cup Raceday. Fashion is to the fore and the best dressed racegoer at Musselburgh's Edinburgh Cup meeting will win a £500 Slater Menswear voucher plus tickets to Ladies Day in August. Open to both ladies and gents, other prizes include £250 and £150 Slater gift vouchers and admission tickets to the popular Oktoberfest Raceday or Friday Night at the Races events. Head to the Style Standout fashion wall by the Main Stage to enter and the winner will be announced before the final race by radio presenter Boogie. Food enthusiasts can indulge in offerings from Scotland's finest street food vendors, with options carefully selected to cater to all dietary requirements and The Edinburgh Gin Botanical Bar will serve refreshing, botanical-inspired cocktails, perfectly complementing the summer racing atmosphere. "We've created an event that appeals to everyone - from serious racing fans who appreciate the quality of our racing, to groups of friends looking for a fantastic day out," added Farnsworth. 'The combination of top-class sport, excellent food and drink, live entertainment, and our beautiful Links setting makes for an unbeatable experience." Gates open at 11.15am, and the first and last races are scheduled for 1.20pm and 4.55pm, respectively. Tickets and hospitality packages are available through the Musselburgh Racecourse website.
Edinburgh Reporter
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Edinburgh Cup raceday is weekend tonic for Musselburgh racing fans
Musselburgh Racecourse is preparing for one of its most competitive race days of the summer season – The Edinburgh Cup in partnership with Edinburgh Gin – on Saturday 7 June. A thrilling day of top-class horse racing, live entertainment, and premium hospitality is on the cards at the seven-race meeting with prize money of almost £160,000 on offer. The feature race, the £50,000 Edinburgh Cup, run over 1 mile 1 furlong, is complemented by the equally prestigious £50,000 Edinburgh Gin British EBF Queen of Scots Stakes, which showcases the finest fillies and mares over seven furlongs. The Queen of Scots event – a Class 1 Listed race – has become a key stepping stone for horses targeting Royal Ascot and the major summer festivals during the flat racing season and this year's renewal is expected to attract another stellar field. Musselburgh Racecourse director, Bill Farnsworth, said: 'The Edinburgh Cup has established itself as one of the standout fixtures in Scotland's racing calendar, consistently attracting high-quality fields from leading trainers across the UK, and this year promises to deliver the same exceptional standard of racing that has made this meeting so popular with both racing enthusiasts and social racegoers alike.' For racing fans keen to keep up with the action at the Betfred Derby, screens around the course will show the world's greatest Flat race live from Epsom Downs. Away from the track, Musselburgh's Main Stage will feature live music entertainment, building up to the legendary After Racing Party hosted by Forth One's popular Boogie in the Morning, which is open to all racegoers after the final race. Glamour on the gallops at Musselburgh Racecourse's Edinburgh Cup Raceday Best dressed racegoer of the day could win a £500 clothing voucher and four Pimm's Enclosure tickets to Musselburgh's sell-out Ladies Day on 8 August, courtesy of Slater Menswear, who are the official Men's Fashion Partner to The Edinburgh Cup Raceday. Open to both ladies and gents, other prizes include £250 and £150 Slater gift vouchers and admission tickets to the popular Oktoberfest Raceday or Friday Night at the Races events. Head to the Style Standout fashion wall by the Main Stage to enter and the winner will be announced before the final race by radio presenter Boogie. Food enthusiasts can indulge in offerings from Scotland's finest street food vendors, with options carefully selected to cater to all dietary requirements and The Edinburgh Gin Botanical Bar will serve refreshing, botanical-inspired cocktails, perfectly complementing the summer racing atmosphere. 'We've created an event that appeals to everyone – from serious racing fans who appreciate the quality of our racing, to groups of friends looking for a fantastic day out,' added Farnsworth. 'The combination of top-class sport, excellent food and drink, live entertainment, and our beautiful Links setting makes for an unbeatable experience.' Gates open at 11.15am, and the first and last races are scheduled for 1.20pm and 4.55pm, respectively. Tickets and hospitality packages are available through the Musselburgh Racecourse website More than £160,000 on offer at The Edinburgh Cup Raceday – pic by Alan Raeburn Like this: Like Related
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Beats & bold moves on a barge: Kolkata's dance scene makes waves at a one-of-a-kind battle
Kolkata recently got a taste of high-octane street dance with a splash of the unexpected this weekend as the Red Bull Dance Your Style Kolkata Regional Qualifiers set sail – on a boat, at the Bengal Paddle . In a spectacular first for India's street dance scene, 16 of Kolkata's most dynamic dancers battled it out one-on-one aboard a barge floating on the Hooghly, hosted by Bengal Padle. With an open sky, river breeze, and a lively crowd cheering them on from deck and dock, the event brought the underground to the waterline, proving that dance—and culture—need no fixed stage. This floating showdown wasn't just about the stunning backdrop. It marked a bold, experimental leap in urban performance spaces, redefining what it means to take the stage. The unpredictable format of Red Bull Dance Your Style—where music changes on the spot and the crowd decides the winner—was taken to new heights (and depths) aboard this unconventional dancefloor. After a series of electrifying, all-style duels, four dancers emerged as the undisputed crowd favourites: Boogie, Nextion, Majin Boo, and Smooth Boog. These four will now represent the East at the Red Bull Dance Your Style India Final in Delhi, where they'll face off against finalists from the North, South, and West. And it doesn't end there—whoever clinches the national crown in Delhi will go on to represent India at the World Final in Los Angeles later this year. 'Dancing on water? That was next level!' said finalist Boogie, catching his breath after back-to-back battles. 'You don't just have to move to the beat—you have to hold your ground on a rocking boat while doing it!' The Kolkata regionals were part of a broader structure rolled out by Red Bull Dance Your Style India 2025, which began with online auditions. Dancers from across the country submitted entries digitally, out of which 16 were selected for each regional qualifier—North, South, East, and West. The concept is as unique as it is thrilling: there are no judges, no set playlists, and no choreographed routines. Just pure freestyle, raw energy, and crowd verdicts. As Majin Boo, another finalist, put it, 'You've got just a few seconds to connect with the beat—and the audience. It's the most honest dance battle you'll ever do.' Kolkata's top four are now ready to take the energy of the Hooghly to the national stage. One city, four dancers, and a dream to dance their way to Los Angeles. From boat decks to global spotlights, Red Bull Dance Your Style is changing the rhythm of the street—one battle at a time.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
600 kinds of dogs? Pet illustrator Lili Chin aims to capture them all in whimsical drawings
Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behavior in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landlord and they almost got evicted. Ordered by her landlord to get training for Boogie or else, Chin sought out animal behaviorists. Soon, she was using her drawing skills to collaborate with them on posters and pamphlets aimed at helping pet parents better understand their dogs and cats by reading their body language. That ultimately led Chin to write the books 'Doggie Language' (2020) and 'Kitty Language' (2023). With whimsical illustrations that drew on her animation experience, she interpreted signs of distress, irritation, content or excitement in body movements such as a wagging tail or flattened ears. The books have proved so popular that some pet trainers recommend them to clients to help make sense of a pet's difficult behavior. Chin offers free downloads of certain infographics for noncommercial use. Coming out this week, Chin's third book, 'Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts," is an ambitious attempt to introduce and illustrate every type of dog around the globe — more than 600 by her count. It is one in a slew of new books about pets, many with charming illustrations that make them especially accessible. The recent 'Medieval Cats,' for instance, by Catherine Nappington, features funny cat poems, sayings and drawings from the Middle Ages. 'Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats,' due out this fall, pulls together poems, musings and sketches by the science fiction writer, who died in 2018. Speaking by phone from Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and two cats, Mambo and Shimmy, Chin said 'Dogs of the World' was her most daunting project yet. 'I'm counting on pet owners to be interested and would be happy to get non-pet owners interested as well,' she said. 'Even if we don't have a dog, we are in contact with them all the time. People looking to adopt can also learn a lot.' A survey of the world's pups Chin starts with drawings of nearly 400 officially recognized breeds, including better-known ones like golden retrievers, border collies, German shepherds, various terriers and poodles. She also introduces readers to more obscure breeds: Venezuela's official dog, the large, rugged Mucuchies; Lapponian herders; muscular white Rajapalayam, or ghost hounds, from southern India; Thai ridgebacks that are hard to find outside of Thailand; hairless Peruvian Inca orchids. And she describes other groupings of dogs, such as those that live in communities without a specific person caring for them. She argues that these dogs are not strays because the communities watch over them, often feeding them and even giving them names. Those community animals include so-called 'rez dogs' that roam the tribal reservations in the U.S., free-ranging street dogs that live inside the Moscow metro and have learned to ride the trains, and various kinds of Asian, North African and European village dogs. Chin mentions the dogs of Chernobyl that barely survived after the 1986 disaster because they were fed by workers visiting the exclusion zone. She even illustrates dingos from her native Australia, and the New Guinea singing dog from Papua New Guinea, a primitive local breed that lives in nearly feral conditions in highland forests. Communication between humans and their companions Animal behavior consultant Emily Strong, who Chin consulted on 'Dogs of the World,' praised "her ability to pack an impressive amount of information into a few succinct words and simple but beautiful illustrations -- making complex topics easily digestible.' 'She has such an incredible way of clearly communicating body language signals through illustration,' said Strong. One of Chin's earliest illustration clients was the late Dr. Sophia Yin, a veterinarian and renowned animal behaviorist who developed a training method known as 'low stress handling' to reduce fear, anxiety and stress in pet patients. Through Yin and other behaviorists, Chin said, she came to embrace training methods that focus on food rewards and reject ideas around dominance, correction and punitive methods. 'There is so much misinformation and so many enduring myths around dog behavior and dog breeds,' Chin said. 'What I hope my work does is help offer clarity on these topics.' ___ Anita Snow, a former Associated Press staff writer and editor, lives in Tucson, Arizona, and has a German shepherd-husky mix, Shelby. Her work can be seen at ___ For more AP stories about pets, go to
Associated Press
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
600 kinds of dogs? Pet illustrator Lili Chin aims to capture them all in whimsical drawings
Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behavior in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landlord and they almost got evicted. Ordered by her landlord to get training for Boogie or else, Chin sought out animal behaviorists. Soon, she was using her drawing skills to collaborate with them on posters and pamphlets aimed at helping pet parents better understand their dogs and cats by reading their body language. That ultimately led Chin to write the books 'Doggie Language' (2020) and 'Kitty Language' (2023). With whimsical illustrations that drew on her animation experience, she interpreted signs of distress, irritation, content or excitement in body movements such as a wagging tail or flattened ears. The books have proved so popular that some pet trainers recommend them to clients to help make sense of a pet's difficult behavior. Chin offers free downloads of certain infographics for noncommercial use. Coming out this week, Chin's third book, 'Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts,' is an ambitious attempt to introduce and illustrate every type of dog around the globe — more than 600 by her count. It is one in a slew of new books about pets, many with charming illustrations that make them especially accessible. The recent 'Medieval Cats,' for instance, by Catherine Nappington, features funny cat poems, sayings and drawings from the Middle Ages. 'Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats,' due out this fall, pulls together poems, musings and sketches by the science fiction writer, who died in 2018. Speaking by phone from Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and two cats, Mambo and Shimmy, Chin said 'Dogs of the World' was her most daunting project yet. 'I'm counting on pet owners to be interested and would be happy to get non-pet owners interested as well,' she said. 'Even if we don't have a dog, we are in contact with them all the time. People looking to adopt can also learn a lot.' A survey of the world's pupsChin starts with drawings of nearly 400 officially recognized breeds, including better-known ones like golden retrievers, border collies, German shepherds, various terriers and poodles. She also introduces readers to more obscure breeds: Venezuela's official dog, the large, rugged Mucuchies; Lapponian herders; muscular white Rajapalayam, or ghost hounds, from southern India; Thai ridgebacks that are hard to find outside of Thailand; hairless Peruvian Inca orchids. And she describes other groupings of dogs, such as those that live in communities without a specific person caring for them. She argues that these dogs are not strays because the communities watch over them, often feeding them and even giving them names. Those community animals include so-called 'rez dogs' that roam the tribal reservations in the U.S., free-ranging street dogs that live inside the Moscow metro and have learned to ride the trains, and various kinds of Asian, North African and European village dogs. Chin mentions the dogs of Chernobyl that barely survived after the 1986 disaster because they were fed by workers visiting the exclusion zone. She even illustrates dingos from her native Australia, and the New Guinea singing dog from Papua New Guinea, a primitive local breed that lives in nearly feral conditions in highland forests. Communication between humans and their companions Animal behavior consultant Emily Strong, who Chin consulted on 'Dogs of the World,' praised 'her ability to pack an impressive amount of information into a few succinct words and simple but beautiful illustrations -- making complex topics easily digestible.' 'She has such an incredible way of clearly communicating body language signals through illustration,' said Strong. One of Chin's earliest illustration clients was the late Dr. Sophia Yin, a veterinarian and renowned animal behaviorist who developed a training method known as 'low stress handling' to reduce fear, anxiety and stress in pet patients. Through Yin and other behaviorists, Chin said, she came to embrace training methods that focus on food rewards and reject ideas around dominance, correction and punitive methods. 'There is so much misinformation and so many enduring myths around dog behavior and dog breeds,' Chin said. 'What I hope my work does is help offer clarity on these topics.' ___ Anita Snow, a former Associated Press staff writer and editor, lives in Tucson, Arizona, and has a German shepherd-husky mix, Shelby. Her work can be seen at ___ For more AP stories about pets, go to
