Bethan Byrne

Bethan’s position as Management Assistant within the nominations team at Godolphin’s breeding headquarters at Dalham Hall Stud, Newmarket entails working primarily for Sam Bullard, Director of Stallions. In addition, since 2013 she has combined her existing role with becoming the Godolphin Flying Start UK Coordinator and oversees all aspects of the twelve trainees’ stay whilst they are based in Newmarket on their UK phase of the programme. In 2023,  Bethan was nominated for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards and won the Stud Staff category. More recently, as part of Godolphin’s commitment to staff wellbeing she has requalified as a Mental Health First Aider.

Bethan’s passion for the thoroughbred industry stems from growing up around horses on her parent’s stud farms in south Wales and from a young age went racing all over the UK.  Her parents founded Usk Valley Stud which saw success both on the racetrack, in the sales ring and in receiving national awards.

Prior to joining Darley in 2005, Bethan worked at Tattersalls, Newmarket in the bloodstock department for 5 years after completing a work placement for the sales company as part of her participation in the British Horseracing Board’s Graduate Development Programme. This followed on from graduating with an MA (Honours) degree in Medieval History and German from St Andrew’s University, Scotland in 2000.