Leading Aetna up to win a Listed race at Doncaster
First memory:
First day here I got put on a horse called Fighter Boy. Nobody said he was keen and I managed to hold it up the gallops! Everyone was shocked that I held it until the next day I couldn’t even lift a pencil because I ached that much!
Career notes:
Always wanted to be a nurse! Still do!
What got you into racing and working with horses?
Always had ponies when I was a child and just got the feel to go fast! So racing it was!
What is the best thing about your job?
Taking the mares to stud, getting them in foal and watching the babies grow up and get on the racecourse.
What is the best piece of advice you've received?
Keep hold of your neck-strap never let it go!
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
So proud of my children, work kids and real ones.
If you could travel, where would you go?
Love to go travelling to Oz!
Who would you take with you if you were sent to live on a desert island for a month?
Probably take Bear Grylls with me as there's nothing he doesn't know about how to live on a desert island
What personality characteristic has gotten you in the most trouble?
The thing that's got me in the most trouble is my mouth, can't keep my own opinions to myself
If you had to pick a new name for yourself, what name would you pick?
Always liked the name Emily, that so much I even called my daughter it!
What's the most courageous thing you've ever done?
I'd never driven on a motorway and drove to Wales to collect a puppy! I was so proud of myself, now am never off the damn things!
Do you think cats ever have regrets?
Cats don't have regrets, I had a cat until he ran away
What fictional character do you wish you could meet?
Would have to be Wonder Woman am amazed how she does everything
What was the funniest way that you have been injured?
Had a few to many gins and decided to go on the kids trampoline and I ended up putting my foot though it and bent my leg
What song do you have to sing along with when you hear it?
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
What game are you really good at?
Hide and seek. No one finds me
Do you think of yourself as being naughty or nice?
Definitely naughty
If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose?
Probably be John Lewis
What's the worst thing you did as a kid?
I used to always blame my little brother for everything, then he use to go running to my mum and tell her it was me so I locked him in a cupboard under the stairs and told him there was monsters in it!
If you could marry a fictional character, who would it be and why?
Willy Wonka just think about all that chocolate I could eat
If you could read minds, whose would you want to read?
I've always wonder what the horses are thinking! And what kind of human personalies they have
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