The bottle of vodka hidden inside a baguette

Security foiled an unusual effort by one race-goer to smuggle a bottle of vodka into the Advertiser Ladies Day at Southwell Racecourse.

The 75cl bottle of Glen’s was disguised inside a woman’s salami and tomato baguette.

The vodka was confiscated by security but, as an act of generosity, was offered back to the race-goer if she collected it at the end of the day.

The woman did not collect the vodka, however, and it is still in an office at the racecourse.

A picture of the vodka sandwich was posted on Twitter and the racecourse has offered a prize for the best caption.

A spokesman for the racecourse said: “This particular customer tried to be inventive and sneak in alcohol in a different way.

“We have bag searches on the gates and if anyone tries to sneak in alcohol we take it from them.

“Our security guys checked this particular bag and, I don’t know how they managed to find it, but maybe it was a hefty sandwich that caught their eye.”

The spokesman said the caption competition would run until the end of the week and a prize would be offered to whoever came up with the best caption.

The racecourse confirmed that the prize would not be the bottle of vodka.