A race horse heads back to the stables after racing, passing the parade ring stables in the later afternoon sun at Belmont Park during the Jockey Club Gold Cup Day, Belmont Park, New York. USA.

Polo. Greenwich Polo Club. Connecticut. USA

Winton Trotts Harness Race Meeting, South Island, New Zealand

Action images from the Southland Rodeo, Invercargill, New Zealand 2012

Wakatipu One Day Horse Trials. Queenstown, New Zealand.

Wanaka Rodeo South Island New Zealand

Glenorchy Races, South Island, New Zealand.

Roxburgh Trotts Harness racing South Island, New Zealand.

Millers Flat Rodeo, New Zealand

A day at the races. Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand.

A Day at the Races. Cromwell, South Island, New Zealand

Photographs from Royal Ascot races. UK. The race meeting at Royal Ascot Race Course. Royal Ascot is one of the most famous race meetings in the world, frequented by Royalty and punters from the high end of society to the working class.

Photographs from the International Polo Test match between Australia and England at the Windsor Polo Club, Richmond, Sydney, Australia

Photographs from the Branxton and Muswellbrook Rodeo, New South Wales, Australia

As the gap between the British rich and the poor grows. Nowhere is the class system more personified than at Royal Ascot, one of the most famous race meetings in the world, a reflection of English society and it's class system. The race meeting is frequented by Royalty and members of the upper class along with thousands of working class race goers. It's strict dress code insist men dress in top hat and tails in selected areas of the course as it continues a centuries old tradition of class segregation. June 16-20th, 2009.