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15
2012

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Eliza interviews Trainer Nick Williams

At the Welsh National; trainer Nick Williams had a winner in Alfie Spinner and suggests he may be aimed at the Welsh National next year. Nick has had a purple patch recently with Zaynar winning at Ascot before Xmas and...

Dec
23
2011

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From Copenhagen to Cheltenham; Ascot to the Arctic; tales of Yuletide, Sun Horses, Trolls and reindeer; The Thing and secrets in the ice

The Sun Horses: Cheltenham Well if I can sew all that into a coherent blog entry I deserve a medal! But that is what I am going to attempt because the last month that has been the mad life...

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Eliza Modelling backstage Fashion Show

Eliza C modelling for Kiss boutique Mumbles. Gill Harvey (After Six/Medici) also showed he knitwear collection at the show at the Norton Hotel....

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Cheltenham Breeze ups #2

Eliza watches the breeze ups of horses being auctioned that evening at Cheltenham...

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Brightwell's Breeze ups Cheltenham #1

Eliza films one of the horses early morning at Cheltenham that will feature in the auction later that evening at Cheltenham...

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What links Kauto Star and Reindeer apart from Christmas?

You will have to read Eliza's blog to find out!!! Also how Norse God Odin was the origin of Santa Claus!! Eliza films some reindeer in Copenhagen in the nation that invented Christmas (Juletide) where she was doing ice core...

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Vera Octavio: Surreal Sci fi and steampunk shoes at Camden Stables

Eliza combines a trip to Ascot races with a day's shopping in Camden. She has her eye on a pair of 'Ripley' heels for Royal Ascot next year and some Winter Racing Balls.......

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Champagne and Terriers: celebrating after Join Together's victory in the evening.

Eliza and friends relax in the evening after Cheltenham with a glass of champagne and a gang of terriers........

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Millinery at Cheltenham

Eliza has a look around some of the fabulous millinery on display at Graham McCartney's shop at Cheltenham racecourse on racedays; featuring designs by milliners Graham and Yvette Jelfs....

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Eliza working with 10-30 000 year old ice cores....

As well as Voice of the Races and a former Agent Provocateur model, Eliza is also engaged in a palaeoclimatology PhD. Here she cuts samples from an ancient arctic ice core at Copenhagen University.......

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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!