1. What is your position at Down Farm? Race Planning
  2.  How long have you worked here? 6 months
  3. What made you start a career in racing? My grandfather, father and uncle were all jockeys – I was too fat, lazy and couldn’t ride very well so had to do something else!
  4. Favourite horse in the yard and why? Big Nick – He spends all day looking at me
  5. Favourite racecourse and why? York, everything about it is class.
  6. Fondest racing memory? Neptune Collonges winning the Grand National
  7. If you didn’t work in racing what would be your dream job? England opening batsman or professional darts player
  8. If you were on a desert island with one other member of the TRG team who would it be and why? Tom’s dog Morar!
  9. Celebrity crush? Nurse Cassidy from Heartbeat
  10. Have you ever met anyone famous? Rolf Harris – That hasn’t aged very well!
  11. What’s one sentence you’d like to hear from Tom? Do you want to come back to work?
  12. What’s keeping you busy during lockdown? The Dukes of Hazzard