Team Members

Cheryl started working at Barbury back in September 2019. She loves the sport and has worked at a few different yards over the years from the age of 16. She has had the pleasure of looking after [...]

Sarah has worked at Alan’s for 5 years. Working previously for a top event rider, after gaining her level 3 diploma in horse management at BCA, she decided to get her HGV license and came to ride [...]

Paul started working at Barbury Castle six years ago. After working as an electrician for ten years he wanted to pursue his dreams to work in racing. He attended the Racing college in Doncaster [...]

Jackie has been working for me for the past 24 years with a small gap while she had her children.  Before working for me she worked for Toby Balding, Jenny Pitman and Brian Meehan as a Racing [...]

Robin joined the yard in 2014 after moving down here from the Highlands when he was 16. Robin grew up around racing as his father was a jockey. His biggest highlight at the yard to date is [...]

Mark was appointed as First Travelling Head last November (2017) and has filled the role extremely well. He was thrown straight in the deep end joining us at a peak stage of the 2017/18 National [...]

Tom has always been cut out for a career as a professional Jockey. He started riding ponies from the age of three, with both his mother and grandmother riding in point to points and his mother [...]

Tom joined the North Cotswold Hunt Pony Club at the age of 4 and has hunted all his life. However when pony racing was introduced in the UK, aged 9, there was no looking back. He has ridden in [...]

Charlotte joined me at Barbury Castle in February 2001. She has a good grounding in the industry having been previously employed as a Racing Secretary by Charles Egerton and Bryan Smart. [...]

Dan’s passion for racing began at a very young age, although he didn’t come from a horse background. He grew up in the suburbs of London and joined Jim Boyle’s team in Epsom at the age of 13 [...]