HANDBAGS & GLADRAGS

BRITAIN'S Queen Camilla was bumped by real racing royalty at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday as a pregnant Rachael Blackmore stole the Ladies Day show.

- BY ROBERT HYNES and OISIN DOHERTY

The legendary Tipperary rider was at the course in her role as Head of Ladies Day, which was a huge success as it returned at the meeting for the first time in seven years and resutled inanother Irish winner.

Attendance for day two was up 4,376 from last year as 46,317 passed through the turnstiles at Prestbury Park.

Blackmore, who is expecting her first child with husband and jockey Brian Hayes, was delighted to see a huge rise in female attendees.

Hayes had four rides yesterday for Willie Mullins, and looked to still have a chance when his mount Western Diego fell at the last fence in the penultimate race.