Clare Blakely
- Insurance, Leadership, Networking, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Recruitment, Working with Boards
Clare Blakely grew up in horse racing. Her father is the retired racehorse trainer, James Bethell and her brother is Middleham based flat trainer, Ed Bethell. Having spent a university summer holiday working at Juddmonte Farms in Newmarket, she decided to try the corporate world. On leaving Newcastle University, Clare qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in the UK and Australia before pursuing a career as an Executive Search specialist in Sydney, London and Singapore. In 2015, she decided to align her love of racing with her career and joined Weatherbys Hamilton (WH), the insurance broking arm of Weatherbys. Clare is an Associate Partner specialising in Private Client insurance and looking after a wide range of clients from racehorse owners to those with no connection to the industry. Clare is mother to a four and soon to be three year old and lives near Bicester, Oxfordshire. She loves all equestrian sports, especially racing.
Meet the Women in Racing Mentors
Yvonne Carr
- Administration, Education, Former Amateur Rider, Former Permit Holder, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Working with Boards
Baroness Dido Harding
- Change management, Corporate Governance, Current or Former Jockey, Former Amateur Rider, Leadership, Politics, Working with Boards
Anne Lambert
- Career Coaching, Charities, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Working with Boards
Carrie Ford
- Charities, Current or Former Jockey, Emotional Resilience, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams
Charlotte Osborne
- Career Coaching, Corporate Governance, Education, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Personal Development, Safeguarding
Chloe Martin
- Bloodstock, Charities, Education, Leadership, Media, Personal Development, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Claire Kubler
- Bloodstock, Equine Science, Personal Development, Racehorse Trainer, Racing Yards and Teams
Claire Sheppard
- Bloodstock, Charities, Corporate Governance, Education, Leadership, Politics, Racecourses, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Dawn Laidlaw
- Bloodstock, Career Coaching, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Leadership, Personal Development, Working with Boards
Dena Merson
- Bloodstock, Career Coaching, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Resilience, Leadership, Personal Development
Di Farrell-Thomas
- Change management, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Emotional Resilience, Equestrian Sport, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Personal Development, Politics, Racecourses, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Dr Eleanor Boden
- Career Coaching, Charities, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Personal Development, Safeguarding
Eileen Harte
- Bloodstock, Career Coaching, Charities, Leadership, Personal Development, Racing Yards and Teams
Emma Sayer
- Charities, Current or Former Jockey, Education, Equestrian Sport, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Safeguarding
Gemma Waterhouse
- Change management, Charities, Corporate Governance, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Helene Sharrock
- Career Coaching, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Resilience, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Mental Health Support, Personal Development, Working with Boards
Jayne Greenman
- Career Coaching, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Resilience, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Personal Development, Racecourses, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Lisa Hancock
- Charities, Corporate Governance, Current or Former Jockey, Leadership, Racecourses, Safeguarding, Working with Boards
Louise Stewart
- Career Coaching, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Personal Development, Racecourses, Working with Boards
Lucy Attwood
- Career Coaching, Change management, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Resilience, Leadership, Personal Development, Working with Boards
Lucy Gurney
- Charities, Education, Equine Facilitated Learning, Leadership, Racing Yards and Teams, Working with Boards
Lynn Tomkins
- Career Coaching, Change management, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Leadership, Personal Development
Pip Kirkby
- Career Coaching, Charities, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Racecourses, Working with Boards
Rachel Flynn
- Bloodstock, Current or Former Jockey, Leadership, Legal, Racehorse Trainer, Racing Yards and Teams
Sarah Guest
- Emotional Resilience, Leadership, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Safeguarding
Simone Sear
- Career Coaching, Charities, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Mental Health Support, Personal Development, Safeguarding
Susannah Gill
- Betting Industry, Diversity and Inclusion, Emotional Resilience, Media, Networking, Personal Development, Politics
Tallulah Wilson
- Betting Industry, Bloodstock, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Development, Working with Boards
Zoe Elliot
- Charities, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Leadership, Maternity Support, Menopause, Personal Development, Safeguarding