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Biker Chic Fashion for the Races

Eliza writes a blog for 'LovetheRaces' ; the British Horseracing Authority website which helps new horse racing fans get the most out of the sport. Having worked inside the fashion industry as a fitting model at Agent Provocateur; and since...

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Friends at Fontwell Park: Number 6 and a figure of 8; Vintage Fashion & Fab history; Flying leaps, cricket & music...From The Jam and more!

Bruce Foxton Fontwell Chasing About two years ago we met Anna Kujanpaa at an exhibition by photo-artist Marco Sanges at which I was modelling. I was at the time the fit model for Agent Provocateur; and Marco had done a...

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Concert after Racing Fontwell Park

Well not everyone can like 'Take That'. And by a strange coincidence; Eliza and David and Anna and Steve after a great night's racing have bumped into fellow vintage fashion fans Carrie and Russell who run a high class boutique...

 
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Best Dressed Fontwell: it's down to the last two

Eliza has finished fourth in best dressed lady at Fontwell and won a day of pampering at Q salon in Chichester. But now it's down to the final two. The girl in the Union Jack dress and the chic lady...

 
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The ten finalists in the Best Dressed lady Fontwell 2012

With £2000 up for grabs to the winner the top ten are selected from hundreds of entries. Eliza is in the final. The judges have made a great selection from lots of different styles on show. They now have an...

 
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After the first race; Fontwell

Eliza has backed the winner Ivan Vasilevich from the Tim Vaughan yard. Eliza follows the yard a bit with some success; and also likes to bet on horses with Russian names. The horse won at 4/1 so Eliza has won...

 
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After the first race; Fontwell

 Eliza has backed the winner Ivan Vasilevich from the Tim Vaughan yard. Eliza follows the yard a bit with some success; and also likes to bet on horses with Russian names. The horse won at 4/1 so Eliza has won...

 
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Her first bet placed! Fontwell Races

Eliza's freind Anna from Sweden has her first visit to the races in Britain; at Fontwell Park. Many people are nervous about how to have a bet at the races; but there is nothing to it. You pick your horse;...

 
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On the train to Arundel en route to Fontwell Park Races vintage style

Eliza and her partner David are on the way to Fontwell Park races in August with her friends Anna and Steve from London. Anna is a designer and vintage vendor from Sweden; and he partner Steve is more of a...

 
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Eliza interviews Russell Hastings From The Jam : who play Fontwell Races 6th October PART ONE

Eliza interviews Russell Hastings the lead singer/guitarist of 'From The Jam'; a 3 piece comprising Bruce Foxton of the original line up (and Stiff Little Fingers) ; Mark Brzezicki (Of Ultravox, The Cult and Big Country); and himself. She asks&...

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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