Tanya Stevenson
- Betting Industry, Media, Tech
Tanya grew up working in her family on-course bookmaking business which led to a role working for SiS the betting data and streaming business from 1986. She started working in live TV in 1997 for Sky Sports as a Floor Manager and Channel 4 Racing as Production Secretary, plus betting researcher and co-ordinator. She moved in front of the camera in 2001 as a betting pundit and became a fixed member of the Channel 4 broadcasting team. In addition she was a columnist for Daily Record and Racing Post. She now works behind the scenes at ITV Racing doing statistics, is a producer on SportyStuff and Greyhound TV. Plus sits on the Horserace Bettors Forum. Outside of racing she has owned a coffee shop and now is invested in an ice-cream company.
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