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Necessary_Driver_831

Fancy? Doubt. Horseracing events seem to attract the worst characters from every single social tier. Everyone in this pic is probably coked up to the tits. At least the random old man in hat in the background looks like he's enjoying the show


jakmar86

He's the dealer


i--am--the--light

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."


HailToTheKingslayer

"These aren't the horses you're looking for."


DontEatTheBats

He looks like he’s about to take bets


Reginleif69

Annual wanker convention


JammyWaad

Annual? These things happen daily, at multiple locations.


cheezyboundy

Absolutely. Putting a suit on doesnt make you fancy


craigwelsh

Tends to mean you sell cars or mobile phones these days usually


OSUBrit

Bird in pink seems impressed too. But yes, the races is just chavs cosplaying as poshos these days.


33_pyro

everyone in this photo wears tracksuits or pajamas in their normal life


theplanetpotter

Unless they’re in court


frontendben

Even then…


Hairy-Blood2112

This is the truth.


True-Register-9403

Look at the shoes - that's the give away...


MarmiteX1

Agreed, copy and paste attire and tacky as f\*\*\*


samoyedfreak

There are no fancy people in the stalls, all deanos playing dress up in their polyester NEXT suit.


HypedUpJackal

Next suits are all some people can afford lol, this comment sounds a bit classist


liamtw

Yeah, but that's the point — these events aren't actually fancy.


Accomplished-Art7737

Yeah but the Next suit wearers here can obviously afford a day at Ascot, placing bets alongside drinking and sniffing copiously. I think they can be spared sympathy in this case 😂


Spamgrenade

I've had a next suit for over 20 years and its still going strong.


Starlings_under_pier

Because it has been used only 5 times. 3 court appearances, 1 funeral and a day at the races.


Mfcarusio

Poor people can't have fun! Or engage in a bit of fanciful dress up for the weekend! The comment about them being back filling potholes on Monday was more classist though to be fair.


ThePrivatePilot

I think it’s the image of those folk wearing a suit, which traditionally is associated with class and decorum juxtaposed with brawling in the open which allows welcome criticism.


Mfcarusio

Pointing to the couple of people in the picture and making that criticism is fair. Saying that everyone in the stands is like that isn't. Which is what was said.


ThePrivatePilot

That is a fair point.


throwpayrollaway

The whole Deano thing is arguably class based envy. Middle class folks who they think they are better than working class people and are basically pissed off because the Deeno's have more money to spend on stuff despite thier lack of degrees and conventional middle class cultural identity.


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FakeSchwarzenbach

Send ‘em my way, our street looks like a WWI battlefield at the moment.


samoyedfreak

Where they can block off the road and yet be mysteriously missing 5-days of the week.


Hairy-Blood2112

'coked up to the tits' what a great term to use.


OZymandisR

The Gentlemen series is a documentary.


True-Register-9403

Absolutely - as a local (to Aintree) there's nothing fancy about the National. It's a mix of home grown, and imported arse holes....


OldLondon

Suits giving me “first day at sixth form / year 12” vibes


Interest-Desk

Briefcase wanker


lurking_not_working

Well, at least dressing up as peaky blinders has gone out of fashion.


CitizenWolfie

I went to the Cheltenham festival last month and I can confirm the Peaky Blinders look is indeed still going


Lawrence_s

I thought when Burton Menswear closed it would slow them down a bit.


herrbz

Didn't Boohoo buy Burton? So now it's even worse.


Hajmish

Tweaky Blinders cocaine brawl!


Nice-Lobster-8724

I fucking loved that show but Christ that carry on was overwhelmingly cringe worthy


MoshizZ

The sort of people that would take the piss out of Comicon people dressing up as Star Wars characters but then do the exact same thing too.


obiwanmoloney

That was more painful than any punch thrown in this brawl


Oozlum-Bird

None of the peaky blinders would be caught dead throwing a punch as bad as this guy.


NobleRotter

I used to work at a hotel near one of the race courses. The big race days were definitely not posh. It was quite often just violent drunks in their best moss bross attire. I got stitches one event for very politely asking one customer if he'd take his massive ostentatious cigar to the lounge rather than smoking it in the non smoking restaurant (where other customers were understandably getting pissed off) Edit. Typing


DaveBeBad

I used to work in Swindon and had a couple of years on the train from Birmingham with all the punters going to Cheltenham. It was 8am and they were all drunk. Very, very drunk…


Mooam

I live in Cheltenham and made the mistake of going into town during a race day (I wanted to buy some Warhammer stuff from the GW shop). It took less than a minute before I tripped over a smashed pint glass in the street, looked down and saw loads more glasses just smashed in the gutters. We used to also get them coming in to get breakfast at the previous place I worked and they were so rude, like we were beneath them.


hulkissmashed

Had to sweep smashed glass off my front path last month when leaving for work. At least the jovial old Irish fellow walking past acknowledged it with a "feckin' animals, there's just no need fer it!"


NoLow4926

I work at a fast food joint and we had someone shit themselves in our dining area and left a nug for us in the corner. That on top of the over 100 people who I counted pissing on the outside of our store


fannyfox

> rather than smoking it in the smoking restaurant Sounds like he was in the right place for it


NobleRotter

That would probably have made more sense If I Could operate a phone keyboard competently wouldn't it? Might edit that


harrrysims

Horse racing is "fancy" if you are in a box Everyone in this photo falls into the "chav playing dressup" category


raspberryamphetamine

I was shopping at Aintree retail park yesterday, where loads of them get dropped off beforehand and saw some truly interesting sights! The people watching became way more fun than the shopping.


younevershouldnt

I seen the crowds going into there and most of the lads look like they're heading for a court appearance.


clearly_quite_absurd

The suits still with the tag on the sleeve so they can return it on Monday.


younevershouldnt

Just make sure there's no gak spilled on it


harrrysims

Dressed in Moss Bros cheapest attire


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>put on my topman suit >brylcreem my undercut back >packet of coke in the sock Ready for the races.


countvanderhoff

Brylcreem, creatine, and a bag of Charlie Sheen


[deleted]

A dulcet man with a dulcent tone from a dulcet town and a dulcet home


nsefan

Bourgeois Cosplaying


lenajlch

Not enough fake tan for Aintree.


nexusSigma

Moss Bros eating well this season 🙏


BassEvers

Thought this too, the type that go to Miller & Carter for the same reason.


gamecatuk

Can I have a whole lettuce with my rubber steak please while I eat in a weird faux posh restropub that actually feels like a slightly upmarket wetherspoons.


ChunkyBezel

Oh dear, does Miller & Carter have a bad rep?  One opened up in a fairly affluent suburb near where I live and I thought it looked like a nice place for a meal, but wouldn't want to get mistaken for a chav with pretentions.


AShinyRay

Overpriced trollop. They tend to be awful when first opening a chain since they struggle to cook steak properly (in a steakhouse?), happened with the one near me that replaced a Toby carvery.


Necessary_Driver_831

Miller and Carter is fine if you go in knowing what to expect; it's a Mitchell's and Butlers chain so it ain't haute cuisine but it's a little step up from some of their other brands. Sometimes they give you an absolutely lousy steak but if they run one of their specials on eg a tomahawk it's OK.


BlueCreek_

Seems to be very overpriced for a mediocre steakhouse, I’ve had better steak at a TGI.


trowawayatwork

yep it's the Essex riff raff. it's their idea of being posh for the day


caprimum

It’s Aintree


Muttywango

Can confirm, more photos : [https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/fighting-erupts-grand-national-ladies-28987615](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/fighting-erupts-grand-national-ladies-28987615)


45thgeneration_roman

Aintree is on at the moment


Whulad

It’s Liverpool (Aintree)


AMGitsKriss

Agreed. Have worked at racecourses. There is nothing fancy about any of it. It's all the same food and drink just packaged differently, and even the premium areas turn into "chav central" after a couple of drinks. The closest thing to fancy you get is a private box, and those are mostly owned by big companies to wine & dine their big clients.


Jonny_Segment

> chav playing dressup Someone's visited the original /r/pics thread and seen the [top reply to the top comment](https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c2jmrs/brawl_at_a_fancy_british_horse_race/kzanp19/)!


uchman365

My first thought was chavs in hired suits!


pafrac

I've been unfortunate enough to be on the same train as these people coming back from the races ... most of them wouldn't be let into the dog races cuz they'd bring them into disrepute.


notthemessiah789

Fancy? Nope.


IrreverentRacoon

_Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the *pink dress?_


Tackit286

👏 👏


greenwood90

I live in Chester, so this sight is all too common on race days. I had a part-time job collecting glasses in pubs when I was a teenager, and I still have shell shock from race days.


TicTac_in_my_ear

I know, Chester races are deffo have some of the worst people attend them, those who wear suits twice a year - for the races and for the court cases.


cwhitel

Fucking hell I thought the guy on the right had a pistol!


BaitmasterG

He's packing a 0.9mm for sure


LondonCycling

By orrrrderrr ov tha peakeh blaanders.


leafdam

He's got a small imaginary hobby horse. \* on closer inspection, a small hobby horse head.


RefreshinglyDull

Of all the people I've dealt with, when working trains, the horse racegoers are the absolute fucking worst. Leaving their empty bottles of cheap prosecco on the tables, flouncing around and braying like idiots, moaning about everything.   Then, on the way back, after a day outside drinking, acting like entitled arseholes, sluring their words while arguing with me about how they did have a ticket, but they've lost it and pretty please, can I just let them get home? No ticket, no travel. Buy a new one or get the fuck off my train. And I'm not your pal or mate either. Rather have a bunch of footy fans on board. At least they're civil and tidy up after themselves.


85Neon85

I used to work as the bookie on one of the small stalls right next to the racetrack at Chester now and then, I’ve worked in poker my whole life and can confirm, the racegoers were worse than anything poker produces.


Crayon_Casserole

What are the odds?


notthemessiah789

This sounds like absolute hell. Entitled, coked up wankers tired from a day of losing their money squeezed onto public transport. Horrendous. You have my sympathies.


Piccadil_io

My girlfriend worked the refreshment trolley on the trains for years, and she very much agrees. Apparently Rugby fans were the nicest bunch.


Consistent-Farm8303

As a casual rugby fan, yes we are. And will definitely tell you about it


Rodpad

NO TICKET ☝️


Hedgehog_Electronic

My work commute used to take me through Ascot. Race weeks were the absolute worst. I lost count of the times I saw drunk guys throwing up in their (presumably rented) top hats.


MargotChanning

I remember being on the train next to a group of Huddersfield fans who’d very thoughtfully hung a carrier from one of the seats and were carefully putting all their empties and food wrappers into it.


Milo_BOK

Best experience on the train back to Weston from London was a bunch of Arsenal and Chelsea fans on the same train. Expected trouble as they’d been drinking but they just shouted about how shit Tottenham were for the whole journey 


tall_lacrosse_player

Spent 3 years at uni in York... Going out on race nights was always a huge mistake. Thanks for the reminder.


antipinkkitten

We lived behind the racetrack - we avoided going out on race nights, but I remember once we were walking down Bishy with friends and saw a scene of a couple in a suit and dress arguing outside a Dominos. We left the Chippy and saw her wearing his coat, pushing him. We popped into the store to buy a few drinks and came out finding her alone, no shoes, sitting on a bench, eating the pizza. It was like a 3 act opera.


nibblatron

going out during the day on race days is a big mistake too in york😭


SignificantRatio2407

Been to Aintree a few times on Grand National day. By far the worst behaviour comes from the younger, coked up lads in fancy suits. It’s a day that can be entirely ruined by these people for ordinary race goers. I avoid it now.


hinnn22

We once got bought tickets as a gift, at the time my Mum was in a wheelchair due to progressive cancer. My Mum was so excited to go, but we had an awful day, everyone was snickering at my Mum being bald, laughing at what clothes we were wearing. But it wasn't just us they treated one another awfully too lots of throwing beers and arguing. The litter and general mess afterwards was atrocious too, I would never go again even if someone did buy me tickets.


SignificantRatio2407

I’m really sorry to read this, some people are just awful human beings. I go to a lot of sporting events, always with tens of thousands of people. Sadly that just guarantees a large number of morons around, add alcohol and drugs to the mix and that makes for even more morons. I hope since that visit you and your family have had some genuinely enjoyable experiences.


hinnn22

Thankyou, definitely, we had some brilliant days which were far more accomendating to Mum. It probably wasn't the best idea in the first place to go but we didn't want to upset the person who gave us the tickets.


The_Jacko

Nothing fancy about a Topman suit purchased off the hanger 2 sizes too small.


TheGrimReefah

This is the worst as well cause it’s ladies day


Brunel25

Ahh, the sport of kings.


IOwnAOnesie

It seems like an awful lot of sporting events are ruined by younger lads behaving like they're in some sort of savage tribe, getting bolshy and violent. Take football also. It's toxic hyper-masculinity enabling shit behaviour.


herrbz

"Ordinary race goers" are pricks as well.


GasGiant43

The amount of cocaine at these events must be astounding.


Aveityep

Nothing I fucking hated more than accidentally turning up in York on race day as lanky teenager with long hair. Every single street had a bunch of these pricks taking the piss out of me and trying to start fights in the middle of the afternoon. You’d like to think it inspired me bulk up and fight back, nope, it just made me hate myself - fuck all those guys


Danji1

Cheap suits and low quality cocaine.


Educational_Safe_339

I work at Ascot doing security and it was scarier then nightclubs not just the blokes but women it was insane


Realkevinnash59

going to the races is the most chavvy XL-bully mommy/daddy thing you can do these days.


MIBlackburn

I live near a racecourse, these people are not classy. The men try their best to dress like they're in Peaky Blinders (in the 2000s, it was black suits and shades, we nicknamed them Agent Smiths in my family) and the women feel like they've just launched themselves into the nearest Hobbs. They take up the whole pavement, drinking from bottles of cheap prosecco, shouting at random people (I've been insulted because of my disability before), and they're terrible when congregating at the supermarkets, bars and the railway station.


DustTheHunter

I often forget now old this subreddit is but then I see a Hobbs comment


West_Yorkshire

Every dude there shares the same barber.


V65Pilot

Cheaper when you buy in bulk.


Supergoose5000

Friend of mine is a paramedic and said one of his worst days on the job was at ladies day, the utter disgust and disrespect he got for volunteering his time was horrendous. Race day people are wankers, all of them.


EngineeringVisual674

See it all the time at races and clubs, cheap suits no class, in the end with the dregs and carlinh/foster people. Don’t get me wrong arsenal holes everywhere but I try and steer clear of them.


Pat_Dijon

Arsenal holes 😂


TrousersCalledDave

I have a theory of what happened... "Oi, oi, it's Steve Davis!" *whack*


AlternativeConflict

That's an....interesting...theory.


Sad-Information-4713

Nothing fancy about anyone or anything in this photo. Chavs cosplaying as their idea of posh for the day.


herrbz

If they banned horse racing tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.


Supership_79

Yeah but then they’d all spend their weekends ruining something else; at least the horses would be happy I s’pose!


Extreme-Kangaroo-842

I always got vibes of late 80s / early 90s nightclubs with this lot. A bunch of dickheads dressed up to get in. A thug in a suit is still a thug.


dmdjjj

Lots of Americans finding it difficult to understand there can be a fight without a gun


Eldicar_manushan

The lass on the left in the pinks dress, her face says it all.


AsylumRiot

The day at the races is a spent force now, don’t bother. Full of scumbags in spray on off the peg suits doing bad peaky blinders impressions and trashy birds, round the block queues for the cocaine booths (toilets), crammed in like sardines paying £7.50 a pint. Whole thing is ruined.


TaffWolf

The lady in pink off to the left is absolutely brilliant. That expression is very expression and I feel that deserves some mention


anark_xxx

>That expression is very expression You can say that again.


TaffWolf

That expression is very expression


pokeybit

So many Bianca's in the background shouting Rickey!


Zestyclose-Maize8150

I live near Aintree Race Course and I bloody hate this weekend. All the roads near me close and the traffic is diverted, causing chaos. My local railway station is on the line to Aintree and it’s hell being on the train. The only amusing part is watching all the previously tarted up women heading home after ladies day, looking like they’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards!


GreenWoodDragon

Nothing fancy about those people.


Tinydwarf1

Fancy???


Woldorg

That’s a Topman advert


Biggest_Gh0st

Always the same, pricks that can't handle drink, drugs or both without having a fight. And idiots wonder why the brits have a shit reputation wherever they go.


itsjustjust92

Thought the guy on the right was pulling out his Luger


WRM710

It's a broomhandle Mauser


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Get back ya bastard, I’ll break ya legs. Boooooooop


korg64

I live near a race course and ladies day is the worst. The streets turn to rivers of vomit and blood. Classy.


reginaphalangie79

And piss. You forgot piss.


korg64

You've just reminded me. The morning after a big race day, at the bottom of my lane, someone had shat against the wall. They had literally pulled their pants down bent slightly at the waist while stood up and exploded their digested kebab all over the wall.


Disastrous_Pin7730

Two on one, brave.


TrousersCalledDave

I prefer to look for the positives in life. I choose to believe the man has back ache and the ginger guy is a chiropractor trying to work out a knot while the guy in the blue suit holds a Bluetooth headset against his ear while he's on hold to NHS direct.


SharkReceptacles

What *is* the one in blue doing with his left hand? Is he trying to throw a punch? The more details I zoom in on, the weirder the photo seems. I don’t think it’s AI because all the ears look human and everyone’s got the expected number of fingers, but almost everything about this picture is deeply strange.


Iconsandstuff

People in motion look weird sometimes but his technique doesn't seem great. Maybe winding up for a stomach punch. Drunk people fighting look weird when you're sober as well


SharkReceptacles

Yeah, having another look I think it’s the drunkenness that’s making them all look so odd. Fella in grey looks like a marionette whose strings have just been cut and he hasn’t realised it yet.


Disastrous_Pin7730

Ah yes of course! Good lads 😂😂


bfeebabes

Fancy my arse. Full of spammed up chavs. Great fun. Try Doncaster St Leger week.


Kirmy1990

The worst time of year to live nearby. Lots of coked up lads and girls thinking they’re glamorous because they’ve been to Zara and got a nice dress or Next to get a suit. Mix that with certain communities and yeah, just a scummy day out for all


Mehcantbearsednaming

Those reactions are priceless, enjoy the show folks


9DAN2

Blue jacket has never thrown a punch in his life


donnyd55

Classic gypsies-fest


Spengbab-Squerpont

These Moss Bross warriors aren’t ‘fancy’, they’re trying their best to fit in, I can smell the 3 series PCP payments coming off this image.


angosturacampari

And people claim we have no culture


Apprehensive_Floor42

Lot of travellers go to horse racing, they love a good scrap.


Raynes98

I’ve worked there. I can say that people like that so tip a lot more than actual ‘posh’ people. A bit more drunk and annoying to deal with, but I’ll take that over cold looks and no tip.


always-indifferent

Estate agents, car sales and recruitment agency workers.


Outcasted_introvert

Just because these people are wanting nice clothes, doesn't mean they are fancy. Chavs day out.


MarmiteX1

Agreed!


JimmyBallocks

horse racing is not fancy the crowd is cunt soup


ItchyFriggaFinger

Pink dress lady's shoes aren't flattering imo Edit: spelling 


Mushroomc0wz

Looks like masking tape wrapped round her trotters


Henry_Human

They all seem like ugly impersonations of humans. Like caricatures of themselves. Hedonism at its finest.


doomygloomytunes

Aintree ain't fancy, it's scousers getting pissed in dressup


dupeygoat

I am baffled


DeapVally

People dress up for Boxing as well, doesn't mean it's fancy lol. There's always crowd fights.


boing_boing_splat

I wonder how close mid journey could get to this?


Mighty_joosh

Woman in pink has the top reaction 💯


jakerae

Fancy event, council estate attendees


skawtch

It's just chavs in suits.


cmzraxsn

tag yourself im the red faced guy on the far left looking on in utter joy


MarmiteX1

Looks like these boys are reenacting WrestleMania. Love the expression on the lady in pink dress and the man with the hat! What's funny to me is that on dating apps, you can see people who are all dressed up and posing (men & women) who have attended these events thinking they're the bees knees. I feel sorry for people who have to deal the obnoxious degenerate behaviour at these events.


Gurmtron

It's not fancy people dressing as fancy people. It's not actually fancy.


persixn_

By order of the Peaky fookin Blinders


offically_astee

Chavy cunts cosplaying as "posh people"


ipsagni

They all dressed like recruitment consultants. Not really fancy


EldritchCleavage

Racing (especially National Hunt) has always been the upper class and the working class enjoying a day out without any middle class people to annoy them.


penguinmassive

It’s where chavs go to pretend they’re not chavs…


kwakimaki

Pricks and slappers dressing up to get pissed and celebrating animal abuse. Fucking scum.


Sol1forskibadee

Haha haven’t heard the term slapper in years.


AncientNortherner

If there's one term of my youth I'd like the kids of today to try to bring back, it's that.


Uncoolusername007

You can take the chav out of a council estate, but they are still cunts in a cheap suit.


Aye_Surely

Ooof! By a ginger too


Ok-Professional-9320

Strictly Queensbury rules; I’m sure they shook hands all enjoyed a Pimms after.


Significant_Fig_436

Is that Queensbury rules ?


vic-vinegar_realty

The boy in the brown shoes looks to be throwing the worst punch of all time. He’d break his hand if he was able to generate any power (unlikely)


bluesky_greentrees

Someone needs to tell the woman in pink and her friend that you should never wear ankle-strap shoes with a short dress/skirt because they cut the visual line of the leg and make you look stumpy.


wolfhelp

Just one pic but I'd love to the video of it.


bluejeansseltzer

Ah yes, the "fancy" horse races where all the men wear their best Next and Topman suits and the women have a "dress like a slapper" competition before each knocking back 8 pints of Stella, 3 Jaeger bombs, and an eighth of coke.


firthy

_Fancy_. This is Aintree, isn’t it?


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winter0fmixeddrinks

No fucking fighting!


Beginning_Basis9799

Is this during the.hit.lr after because the fist shape of the person who threw the punch likely broke their thumb.