
Penny Taylor
- Charities, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Personal Development, Racecourses
Penny was born in Newmarket and has always worked within the equine community. Influenced by her father, who was a Flying Groom, and her mother who ran their own yard, she worked with competition horses for eight years after leaving school, including as part of the highly successful Edgar’s show jumping team. Her work took her across the UK, Europe and America.
She then spent eleven years in the role of racing secretary in Newmarket before joining Jockey Club Racecourses as Sponsorship/Partnership Manager for fifteen years. In 2015 she was recruited to join Godolphin in the newly appointed Charities Manager responsible for delivering all aspects of Godolphin’s charitable programme.
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

Helena Flynn
- Corporate Governance, Education, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Personal Development, Working with Boards

Debbie Knott
- Administration, Charities, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Tech

Hetta Harris
- Education, Emotional Resilience, Leadership, Maternity Support, Mentors for Mums, Racehorse Trainer, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Safeguarding

Ali White
- Career Coaching, Education, Maternity Support, Mentors for Mums, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Safeguarding

Heather Johnson
- Education, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Maternity Support, Mentors for Mums, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Safeguarding

Cheryl Caves
- Administration, Bloodstock, Leadership, Maternity Support, Menopause, Mentors for Mums, Networking, Personal Development, Working with Boards

Dominique Tortice
- Education, Equestrian Sport, Leadership, Maternity Support, Mentors for Mums, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Racing Yards and Teams, Safeguarding

Rose Grissell
- Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing, Maternity Support, Mentors for Mums, Safeguarding, Working with Boards

Alison Horan
- Bloodstock, Charities, Global Industry, Leadership, Marketing, 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

Clare Blakely
- Insurance, Leadership, Mentors for Mums, Networking, Personal Development, Racing Yards, Recruitment, 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, Mentors for Mums, 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, Mentors for Mums, 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, Mentors for Mums, 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, Mentors for Mums, Networking, Personal Development, Politics

Tallulah Wilson
- Betting Industry, Bloodstock, Corporate Governance, Diversity and Inclusion, Mentors for Mums, Personal Development, Working with Boards

Zoe Elliot
- Charities, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Leadership, Maternity Support, Menopause, Mentors for Mums, Personal Development, Safeguarding