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10 Years In Partnership For Longines & Ascot

October 17, 2016

This year premium Swiss watchmaker, Longines, is celebrating its 10 year long partnership with Ascot. Longines has been the ‘Official Timekeeper’ and ‘Official Watch’ of Ascot and Royal Ascot since the opening of the new grandstand in 2006, after a £200-million redevelopment. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights over the last 10 years and what has made this ongoing partnership so successful. Longines Based in Switzerland, since 1832, Longines, has generations of experience as the Official Timekeeper at world…

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Royal Cornwall Show 2016

I’m not sure where time is going at the moment, it only feels like yesterday since I was writing the round up post for Royal Cornwall Show 2015. Royal Cornwall Show 2016 was yet another fantastic year for the show. Unfortunately the weather did…

July 28, 2016

Freddie Parker Couture Hat front. Photo by Eleanor Byrd (1) (1)

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Ascot Style With Freddie Parker

With Ascot just around the corner, racing inspired fashion brand, Freddie Parker have teamed up with a top London fashion stylist to create a one off couture hat made entirely out of their shirt fabric! The British brand commissioned stylist and accessories designer Twinks…

May 3, 2016

Zara phillips at Burghley Horse Trials 2015

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Zara Phillips Chooses Mrs. Horrell’s Sausage Rolls at Burghley Horse Trials 2015

For the second year running, duo Lucy Sharpley from Stamford and Laura Horrell from Peterborough were judged the winners of the Land Rover Tailgate Picnic Competition at Burghley Horse Trials 2015. Three-day event rider Zara Phillips and ex-England Rugby player Martin Corry spent Saturday…

September 9, 2015

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The Festival of Hunting 2015 | A Celebration of Hunting and the Countryside

An enthusiastic crowd of hunting and countryside supporters attended the Festival of Hunting at the East of England Showground. This year’s festival encompassed the 127th Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show and is widely renowned as being the most important event in the world for foxhound breeding. The Festival…

August 4, 2015

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The Best Yet? Royal Cornwall Show 2015

What a show! It’s Monday, I’m back in the office, and the RCS blues have set in already. I really think it was a great year for Royal Cornwall Show. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was great. The show attracted close to a…

June 9, 2015

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Cheltenham Festival Tips 2015

Cheltenham Festival Tips 2015 – 10th March 2015 My mum is an avid race goer and know’s a thing or two about her horses. Last week she attended a talk at Exeter Racecourse given by Paul Nicholls, Martin Pipe and Nick Scholfield at which…

March 10, 2015

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A Foggy Remembrance!

This month guest writer Matt Limb reflects on remembrance day with a touching contribution. We will remember them. As the country unites; at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleven month, the nation will fall silent as we remember the dead…

November 6, 2014

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Henley Royal Regatta

Recently I attended Henley Royal Regatta and since attending the event I have been dying to write about it! It is quite possibly the most ‘English’ event I have ever attended. A place where trainers and informal dress is unseen, Henley is exquisitely English and…

July 28, 2014