In an effort to ensure that trainers and stable personnel are in appropriate attire on race day, officials with the Woodbine Entertainment Group have enacted a dress code policy for
members of its thoroughbred community.
The WEG attire notice, which appears below, indicates that, effective 2012, trainers and stable personnel who are in Woodbine Racetrack's thoroughbred paddock on race day must adhere to a 'neat and uniform appearance' that the track has clearly outlined.
The notice states that trainers and accompanying personnel should be neatly dressed, and that no cutoff shorts, cutoff shirts, tank tops or flip flops will be permitted.
It appears as though the dress code has only been implemented for live thoroughbred racing at Woodbine at this point.
As at any racetrack, the trainers and stable personnel are an important and highly visible component of our on-track product. Your neat and uniform appearance is important as it often forms the first impression for our on-track crowd as well as millions of television viewers throughout North America.
Effective for 2012 the following guidelines will be integral to communicating our mutual pride in the high quality product that is racing at Woodbine.
- All trainers and accompanying stable personnel should be neatly dressed when taking horses to the paddock.
- No cutoff shorts, cutoff shirts, tank tops or flip flops will be permitted.
- Walking dress shorts will be permitted during the summer months.
- Shorts of any form will not be permitted on Queen’s Plate Day.
- Proper hats, religious headgear or baseball caps are the only acceptable form of head gear to be worn.
Any non compliance may result in a fine.
WEG appreciates your participation in delivering a high quality, visually appealing race-day product.