Trainer Gai Waterhouse is the first lady of Australian racing, over at Royal Ascot this week to guide her horse Wandjina. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Wandjina, seen here winning the Australian Guineas, is due to run on the final day of Ascot in the Diamond Jubilee. Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images Waterhouse was once an actress in Dr Who but quit acting to go into training and most famously trained the winner of the 2013 Melbourne Cup. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images But the five days of Royal Ascot are as much about fashion parade as they are watching some of the world's best horses on track. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Two female racegoers take time out from the day's action on a Union Jack bench under blue skies. BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images The quintessentially British event is described by jockey Frankie Dettori as the "Monaco Grand Prix of horse racing." Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse Among those in the stands on day one of Royal Ascot were the Tootsie Rollers, a band with the aim of bringing back vintage styles. Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images A group of female racegoers gather together to take a break from the action on the turf. BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images For many, it's a case of standing out and being seen as it is for the actress and presenter Lizzie Cundy. Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images Others, meanwhile, prefer to see rather than be seen. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images All manner of different outfits are worn and catch the eye from the litany of racegoers. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Interior designer Anouska Lancaster shows off her external color. Chris Jackson/Getty Images A female racegoer unknowingly takes center stage amid her male counterparts as she leans on a barrier to watch the racing. Christopher Lee/Getty Images And finally ... a hat with a horse on it. (Photo by Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse Prev Next