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Festival Trials and Racing winter blues; The Undefeated and the Vanquished; Interview with ‘Bridgy’; Newmarket and White Turf; and latest Fashions

Eye of the Beholded: Big Bucks Well winter has finally arrived with a bite and many meetings have fallen to snow and frost. Luckily we managed to get Cheltenham Festival Trials meeting on the 28th January in before the cold...

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Craig Ian McAlpine became a fan of Eliza

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Part 2 David Bridgwater, trainer of the Giant Bolster, interviewed by Eliza

Part 2 of the interview with former jumps jockey now trainer David Bridgwater; whose horse The Giant Bolster won impressively on Cheltenham's festival trials day; and who may now go to the Gold Cup....

 
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Eliza interviews trainer of The Giant Bolster David Bridgwater: Part 1

After The Giant Bolster's impressive win at the festival trials at Cheltenham; Eliza interviews trainer David by phone to ask about the horse and others at the yard; his career as a jockey and trainer, and his hopes for the...

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Great reception for Big Buck's on winning his fifteenth consecutive victory; Cheltenham

15 consecutive wins and a great reception for Big Buck...

 
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Big Buck's at Cheltenham

Big Buck's leaves the paddock at Cheltenham in a bid to win his fifteenth consecutive victory...

  • Jan
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Mitch Heron became a fan of Eliza

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Year End and New Year: Welsh National and King George heroes; Movies, War horses and Heroism; Wild Frontiers, Hunts and record race crowds

Welsh National Chepstow : a circuit to go  Who would have thought back in March that we would witness the double demolition of the Gold Cup winner Long Run by the amazing Kauto Star this Autumn? ‘Out with the old...

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Steam train at Cheltenham as Oscar Whisky comes in

A steam train provides a picturesque backdrop at Cheltenham as Oscar Whisky wins and begins to look a very real challenger to the Champion Hurdle crown....

 
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Coral Welsh National Chepstow: Welsh National Anthem by Sara Kempe

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the Welsh National Anthem and has been used at the start of sporting events since 1905. Here we hear Sara kempe from Abergavenny give a moving rendition. The UK Paralympic team hopefuls for 2012 are...

About Eliza Cook

Hi! I'm Eliza. I am a Geographer by profession, and am currently studying for a PhD in Geography at Swansea University. I will be investigating ice core records from Greenland pretty soon. But you don't want to hear about those. 

On top of this, during a year out, I fell into working as an in-house model for Agent Provocateur. Strange but true! This experience heightened my appreciation of fashion - especially the eclectic and eccentric fashions of the races.

I've been a racing fan for two years. I love all racing, but a day at the jumps is where I really feel the most excitement. Having grown up in Gloucestershire, with two great racecourses on the doorstep - Cheltenham and Chepstow - it is a wonder that I didn't find racing sooner.

I've been privileged to be a part of some of the 'behind the scenes' elements of racing, from photographing frosty morning breeze-ups to attending the post Cheltenham Festival jockeys' celebration in the Weighing Room!

I am thrilled to be a 'Voice of the Races'. To me, the most striking feature of racing is the accessibility of participants - and the fact that everybody attending has a part to play. A day at the races has it all; wonderful horses, spectacle and fashion, in an adrenaline soaked atmosphere where people from all walks of life come together in mutual appreciation of the sport.

I can't wait to tell you all about my experiences at the races, the people I meet and the adventures I have, as well as the fashions I encounter and the stories I uncover.

I hope you enjoy it! 


 

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