“Your little hat… and to another horse race”: Official clothing finally for sports spectators in Britain – The Daily Mail is furious

In the cupboard the outrageous hats and half-tops? The organizer of some of England’s major horse races has announced today that it is abandoning the traditional “dress code” for spectators, shocking conservatives.

The Jockey Club, which organizes 15 such races (Cheltenham, Airdrie, Epsom and others) now encourages spectators to wear whatever they want to feel “comfortable”.

This change, the aim of which is to make these events “more accessible and inclusive”, is implemented “immediately”.

Some races require men to wear a tie and suit and women to wear a dress, skirt or tailcoat with trousers and, of course, a hat.

Often, these competitions turn into a competition of elegance and peculiar hats that would hardly be worn in any other context.

“Horse racing has always been a sport loved by people from all walks of life and it’s really important to us that it’s accessible to everyone,” explained The Jockey Club director Nevin Truesdale.

“We hope that by no longer imposing rules on what to wear or not to wear, we will help make the games truly accessible to everyone.”

However, since all rules have their exceptions, spectators will be prohibited from wearing “offensive” or vulgar clothing or even football jerseys.

Truesdale clarified that the change “certainly” does not mean The Jockey Club is “discouraging” spectators from dressing up if they wish. But he urged them to always keep in mind the forecasts of the meteorological service.

The change did not sit well with the conservative newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

“For more than 200 years, a day at the races has been the perfect opportunity for spectators to show off their fanciest, most spectacular outfits,” he writes with a hint of nostalgia.

“Elaborate women’s hats, half-tops, waistcoat suits, may disappear.”

For one former racing director, interviewed by the newspaper, the scrapping of the dress code constitutes an “unstoppable slide towards mediocrity”.

But he is reassured by the fact that at the Queen Elizabeth II Theorem in Epsom, hats and suits will be compulsory on Derby day, while the change does not apply to the famous Ascot horse races.

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