
Trainer Gai Waterhouse is the first lady of Australian racing, over at Royal Ascot this week to guide her horse Wandjina.

Wandjina, seen here winning the Australian Guineas, is due to run on the final day of Ascot in the Diamond Jubilee.

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.

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.

Two female racegoers take time out from the day's action on a Union Jack bench under blue skies.

The quintessentially British event is described by jockey Frankie Dettori as the "Monaco Grand Prix of horse racing."

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.

A group of female racegoers gather together to take a break from the action on the turf.

For many, it's a case of standing out and being seen as it is for the actress and presenter Lizzie Cundy.

Others, meanwhile, prefer to see rather than be seen.

All manner of different outfits are worn and catch the eye from the litany of racegoers.

Interior designer Anouska Lancaster shows off her external color.

A female racegoer unknowingly takes center stage amid her male counterparts as she leans on a barrier to watch the racing.

And finally ... a hat with a horse on it.