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#1 Guest_trolley_*

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Posted 27 January 2008 - 09:54 PM

Can any body help, Im looking for any ideas for a horse racing theme.
My fiance and i are members at our local race course and want to incorporate this some how into our special day. Does any body have any ideas how we can do this in a classy way other than table names.
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Posted 27 January 2008 - 10:01 PM

Great theme!

How about naming your tables after grand national winners or top jockeys both past and present?
Favours along the same lines as a lottery ticket - a 50p/£1 bet on a horse race close to your wedding day/on the day.
Horse and carriage as your wedding transport?

I am going to go on a mission now and find some more ideas for you!

HTH
Zoe x




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Posted 27 January 2008 - 10:09 PM

Horse shoes can be tied into things too like your stationery, flowers, sewn onto the underskirt of your dress etc

How about decorating water troughs in you colour scheme and filling them with flowers for your table centres?
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Posted 27 January 2008 - 11:29 PM

you could have one of those horse racing games in the evening to entertain the guests. My little ponies on the top of your wedding cake (sorry i love my little ponies!)
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Posted 28 January 2008 - 04:30 PM

Love your theme. I'm not much help I'm afraid but just noticed that you were my wedding twin. Yeah!!!
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Posted 28 January 2008 - 10:47 PM

Also have table names of Race Courses - though that is an obviously one so you've prob already thought of that. Doh!
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Posted 28 January 2008 - 11:33 PM

I worked in horseracing for over 20 years... So you prefer jump or flat racing? You can do a set of each colours for tables with famous horse and jockey and trainer like in a racecard...
or tables named after the jumps at aintree...
Good idea about the racing games but unless you hire someone to do a racenight there is not much around, you can buy one or 2 for the pc, but you have to build up the stables to race...
you could give each guest a placepot of the big meeting of the day, you can stake 50p or a pound and you pick a horse from each race in the first 6 races..its pot luck and some can win big if there selections get placed...

The race meetings on your wedding day are:
Brighton Haydock (Eve) Newcastle Newmarket Pontefract (Eve) Stratford-On-Avon (H Eve) and Newmarket would be the main meeting of the day, maybe do something to do with the days racing there

If I can help with anymore just pm me.....
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Posted 31 January 2008 - 02:15 PM

We are members at York flat course. I have been to new market, ripon, doncaster and pontefract race courses. Thanks for the idea of the place pot will discuss with my other half. I was thinking of some personal game in which may be the best man picks horse names out and who ever has that horse will win a little something what do you think? (too cheesy)


QUOTE(MrsRead2B @ Jan 28 2008, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I worked in horseracing for over 20 years... So you prefer jump or flat racing? You can do a set of each colours for tables with famous horse and jockey and trainer like in a racecard...
or tables named after the jumps at aintree...
Good idea about the racing games but unless you hire someone to do a racenight there is not much around, you can buy one or 2 for the pc, but you have to build up the stables to race...
you could give each guest a placepot of the big meeting of the day, you can stake 50p or a pound and you pick a horse from each race in the first 6 races..its pot luck and some can win big if there selections get placed...

The race meetings on your wedding day are:
Brighton Haydock (Eve) Newcastle Newmarket Pontefract (Eve) Stratford-On-Avon (H Eve) and Newmarket would be the main meeting of the day, maybe do something to do with the days racing there

If I can help with anymore just pm me.....


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Posted 31 January 2008 - 02:19 PM

Thanks i like these ideas they are great as they are different.


QUOTE(Zozo @ Jan 27 2008, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Horse shoes can be tied into things too like your stationery, flowers, sewn onto the underskirt of your dress etc

How about decorating water troughs in you colour scheme and filling them with flowers for your table centres?


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Posted 23 December 2009 - 02:40 PM

I like the idea of you 'sweep' giving guests a horse's name. If you make a draw for each table, perhaps the winner could win the centrepiece? It's a shame to see them go to waste.
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 11:36 PM

Just and idea but for new years eve we all bought Horsey Hoppers to go with our cowboy and indians fancy dress and they were great fun!!!
heres a link:
http://www.iwantoneo...cing/index.html


just and idea for some games outside and in!! x x x
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Posted 04 January 2010 - 05:45 PM

My gosh, how old is this thread?!! laugh.gif



We had our wedding day on Grand National Day, 4th April 2009. We incorporated it by giving each of our guests a betting slip. We were lucky though as there were 40 horses racing, and we had 40 adult guests, laugh.gif
We also watched it live in between our main course and dessert, it was great fun and the atmosphere was fantastic, especially as the winner won more than £70.......
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Posted 04 January 2010 - 10:24 PM

Ha! i didn't even notice the dates, lol, just saw it come up and made me giggle!! glad you had a good day and might inspire someone else!!
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