A typical day out at the races. All the excitement of race day at Down Royal Racecourse. Be it the action taking place on the track, or the finery on display amongst the race-goers, the stakes are high in a film which provides an evocative snapshot of a day out at the Maze Races in the mid-Fifties. Glamorously-dressed women study the form guide, bookmakers are seen to do brisk business and spectators crowd close to the track as horses thunder around the oval track.

This film was digitised as part of the BFI's Unlocking Film Heritage project.
 

Rushes by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. The couple seen presenting the trophy at the film's conclusion are Lord and Lady Wakehurst. John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst  (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970) was a British Colonial administrator and politician. He was Governor of Northern Ireland from 1952-64.   

Digitised as part of the BFI's Unlocking Film Heritage project.

• National Museums Northern Ireland
• Britain on Film
• Down Royal Racecourse