About Us

Lucy has held roles at the Jockey Club Rooms and Weatherbys, and is currently Community Engagement Manager for Racing Together; an exciting industry initiative within the charity Racing to School. Lucy has had a lifelong involvement in the sport, through yards and riding point to pointing, and now enjoys retraining racehorses for their second careers.

Lucy is proud to Chair Women in Racing and build upon the existing network of brilliant women across the sport, helping to coordinate fun events, driving industry-leading research and implementation programmes such as Racing Home, and important mentoring and bursary programmes.

Cheryl has over 20 years experience in the racing industry and is currently Head of Operations at the European Breeders’ Fund (EBF), the largest sponsor in British racing.

Originally from Bristol, Cheryl comes from a non-racing background. With a passion for horses from a young age she originally planned to train as a riding instructor but, having been bitten by the racing bug, moved to Newmarket to take up a place on the renowned National Stud Diploma course and later worked as a stud hand at Darley.

Having worked in both practical and administrative roles within racing, Cheryl is keen to work with the Women in Racing team to support women in the industry to enhance their career prospects through education, training and networking. As a mum to two young children she is also involved with supporting the excellent work carried out by the Racing Home programme.

As an avid racing fan and having owned horses with David Pipe and Philip Kirby, Faye has always had a passion for horses, with her starting riding at a young age on her family’s farm. She currently owns three horses including Final Chapter, an ex-racehorse from Tim Easterby.

Faye is a qualified marketing and PR professional with over 25 years’ experience. Faye cut her teeth in the fast-paced world of London consumer and banking PR, working with big-name brands and household favourites as the impact of digital transformation changed the way businesses of all sizes reached new customers and communicated with their existing ones. Taking that expertise, in 2015 Faye founded Kilchurn Marketing, a full-service marketing agency, which helps businesses of all sizes reach more customers and cement their position in their sector.

Having been a lead in Women In Banking, Faye is delighted to be joining the Women In Racing committee and looks forward to engaging with the many brilliant women in racing to further activate and encourage the membership.

Sophie has worked in bloodstock and equine insurance since leaving school at 18, working her way up to becoming Managing Director of the Bloodstock division at Gallagher where she looks after clients from all over the world.

Combining a career in the City with her love for racing has allowed her to develop numerous contacts and at Gallagher she currently mentors young women who are starting their insurance journey, as well as providing advice about the industry to those young people wishing to understand more.  Sophie was instrumental in creating the award winning Gallagher/Jockey Club Partnership which provides a unique behind the scenes experience at top training facilities and then Jockey Club racecourses to young people from more disadvantaged backgrounds with the day culminating in a careers talk about the extensive career opportunities available to them within the thoroughbred and racing industry.

Sophie is thrilled to join the WiR committee and looks forward to establishing unique partnerships to benefit existing and new members, as well as helping deliver strategic improvements to further the excellent work being done to support all women who work in the industry.

Emily graduated with First Class Honours in International Equine and Agricultural Business Management from the Royal Agricultural University, where she achieved the highest grade in her course. As part of her studies, Emily completed an internship at Bath Racecourse, and following that was offered a part-time role at the Racecourse until graduation. After completing her degree, Emily was offered her current position of Business Coordinator.

Emily has been passionate about horses and racing her entire life, having both ridden and owned horses. Emily is proud to be a part of Women in Racing and looks forward to contributing to the planning of the exciting events for members within the industry.

Juliet has worked at a number of racing and breeding enterprises during her career. Qualifying as an accountant during her time with Juddmonte Farms, she has also worked at Lanwades Stud, before moving to the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, rising to COO.  Now at the Injured Jockeys Fund, she is an advocate of the training and support provided by the sport, herself being a product of the BHA Development Programme, Racing Foundation-funded training and the National Stud Diploma course. Juliet supports the committee with financial, governance and charity sector insight.

Kim is the secretary to the Committee at Women in Racing and has worked as a Racing Secretary to several racehorse trainers in Newmarket, as well as for a stud and owners, so she has a wealth of experience within horse racing. She enjoys the challenges racing brings as it continually evolves as an industry.

Kim assists the Committee in their endeavours of developing the profile of brilliant women in the sport and building upon the existing network.

Sally looks after financials for WiR and Racing Home and has also been involved with the Bursary process which is a hugely rewarding part of being involved with WiR: offering WiR members support towards their career development.  Racing Home is a monumental project seeking to support working parents, women and individuals contemplating starting a family who work in the horseracing industry. In her day job Sally is Project Manager for the Horse Welfare Board, previously winning the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Community Award for her work on National Racehorse Week.

Lucy worked as a groom before starting an office-based role for the British Horseracing Authority, who supported her through an MBA. Since then she has led projects and teams in the regulatory, charitable and commercial sectors, focusing on process improvement using technology and data. She is currently the Governance and Integrity Manager for the British Equestrian Federation. Lucy is interested in anything to do with the countryside, the impact of sport on wellbeing, and animal welfare. She continues to ride when she can, and is especially keen on retraining racehorses for new jobs.

Kimberley’s love affair with the Thoroughbred commenced as a young girl, with her Irish grandfather keeping a ‘blood horse’ for her to sit on and practice her horse husbandry. She would later graduate with a BSc. (Hons) Equine Performance & Business Management degree, from Writtle University College.  

Her stallion-focussed dissertation led to an internship at Juddmonte Farms, with sales work for their horses-in-training and breeding stock drafts. A spell working the breeding rounds at leading mare boarding farms for Rossdales in Newmarket, assisting the renowned reproduction vet Dr Fred Barrelet preceded bloodstock desk work at Goffs, around her degree and the appointment to the commercial team at Racing Post Bloodstock, upon graduation.

Early exposure on the ground to elite breeding stock and assisting leading bloodstock agents at major international sales, resulted in her own successful pinhooking and breeding ventures. 

Her commercial experience and strong relationships with key bloodstock stakeholders, led to contribution of bloodstock articles, writing content for a roster of sales-focussed supplements and video production for the leading horseracing trade newspaper and media provider, Racing Post. More recently, her current commercial and editorial assignments have extended to the celebrated annual publication, Bloodstock Notebook.

Kimberley is honoured to join the WiR committee and looks forward immensely to collaborating with a stellar network of accomplished women, from a wide cast of our world-class horseracing industry. 

Advancing the profile of women at the highest level in the professional workplace, and affecting positive change by aligning with strong, synergistic brand partners, is what Kimberley is committed to contributing with the WiR committee, through inspiring WiR event production and engaging communications.

Steph fell in love with horseracing when she attended an open day at the Northern Horseracing College, where she enrolled and graduated at 17. She worked for several racing yards before taking time away from racing, gaining experience in a different industry whilst completing a BSc degree. Horseracing is Steph’s passion and she soon gravitated back to the industry, this time
working for the British Horseracing Authority and completing the Thoroughbred Horseracing Industries MBA. Her current role is a Project Manager, with a focus on equine and human welfare.

Steph is delighted to be part of the WiR Committee and works with the team to ensure the great work of WiR continues to make a positive impact for women working within the sport. Steph leads on the bursary programme which is a brilliant development opportunity for members.