Sir Henry, champagne and high fashion - it must be the July festival

Colour crazy

Gone is the formality and ceremony of Royal Ascot - at the July meeting you can expect a garden party feel and, with the weather forecast set fair, there is sure to be an array of dashing outfits to be paraded in the spirit of the meeting's tag line, 'summer at its best'. There are more than £30,000 of prizes up for grabs as part of the meeting's style awards, with the best dressed lady award today, the best dressed man crowned tomorrow and the best dressed couple honoured on Saturday, with a holiday to Mauritius on offer for the Saturday fashionistas.

Sir Henry gone but not forgotten
The loss of Sir Henry Cecil is still keenly felt in Newmarket and he will be remembered again today as the Listed Stubbs Stakes is renamed in his honour. Visitors to headquarters can also view a painting of Cecil and Frankel in the style of George Stubbs' famous Gimcrack masterpiece that is on show at the National Horseracing Museum. The late trainer had an excellent record at the meeting, winning the Falmouth Stakes three times and enjoying a record-breaking nine wins in the Superlative Stakes.