Staff

		Name: Marie Parker
		Role: Head Girl
		Marie joined the team as head girl in early October 2010. She has spent most of her working life on studs in the Newmarket area. She used to ride out each morning for Mr Clive Brittain before her day job at Fittocks Stud. She lives in a works cottage adjoining the yard and is responsible for the day to day running of the yard. She is a very thorough and concientous worker who I have every confidence in taking care of things in my absence. Marie is a keen runner and we look forward to her joining the St Gatien team for the Newmarket Heath run next year! For some one who works with horses - she has the most amazing nails which seem to change colour and pattern most days!

		Name: Emily Hough
		Role: Travelling Head Girl
		Emily joined us in July 2011 after working for Paul Nicholls for 3 years, and before that she worked for Willie Mullins and Charlie Swan. She is originally from Suffolk so a little closer to home now! Emily is also a graduate from Oxford Brookes University and a trained paediatric nurse. She will be taking charge of the travelling for St Gatien and she is already proving to be a valuable member of the team.

		Name: Brydi Allison
		Role: Full Time
		Brydi is originally from York. She has worked in racing from the age of 17. Brydi came to us from Michael Jarvis yard in the winter of 2010 she has spent her entire racing career in Newmarket. Brydis riding has improved alot in the time she has been with us and she is now very good on some of the more "fizzy" horses in the yard. She is currently taking her NVQ 3 Exam. She is a very pleasant and jolly person to have in the team! In her spare time Brydi likes to walk her dog and go out in town during the weekend.

		Name: Yurry Solokhin
		Role: Full Time
		Orignally from the Ukraine, Yurry has been in the UK for 7 years and has been a valuable member of the team at St Gatien for the past 3 seasons. Before he came to Newmarket he worked with point to point horses in Ireland. Yurry is very good at riding our stronger and more difficult horses!

		Name: Ansa Khan
		Role: Full Time
		Ansa is from India. This is his first job in Newmarket and he has been with me since 2008. He is an incredibly hard working member of the team and is always conscientious and reliable. He rides out on a daily basis, his favourite horse is Zepnove whom he partners most mornings.

		Name: Oleg (Ollie) Okhnineenko
		Role: Full Time
		Ollie joined us in September 2011. He is originally from the Ukraine but moved to England as a child and has grown up near Newmarket. Ollie first came here on work experience 3 years ago before attending the British Racing School after leaving college and came to us after spells with John Best and Clive Brittain. He rides very well and has already struck up a good partnership with Delgany Gunner, one of his regular rides. In his spare time Ollie is a bit of a mechanic and likes rebuilding old cars. He might be useful starting cars if we have another cold winter!

		Name: Sandeep Thapa
		Role: Yard Man
		Sandeep comes from India. This is his first job in England and he has worked for me since 2008. He is a very reliable and hard working member of the team who looks after the yard and mans the horse walker whilst the rest of us are riding out. I'm always telling him he is the best yardman I have ever had. (he's the only one I have ever employed !!)

		Name: Alex Merriam
		Role: Conditional Jockey
		I have known Alex since my point to pointing days. Having ridden 85 winners pointing, he is far more experienced than most 3lb claimers. He has recently bought a house in Newmarket and rides out here every morning. He and Dickie Collinson do most of the schooling and both are first class schooling jockeys. He knows how I like my horses ridden and is very good at winning races from the front. Although he struggles to do his minimum of 10 stone, I have never known him to put up anything over.

		Name: Trevor Whelan
		Role: Conditional Jockey
		Trevor joined the St Gatien Team in July 2011 and will be riding in Conditional jockey races for the yard. Trevor claims 7lb and has ridden 12 winners in his career so far.

		Name: Richard Collinson
		Role: Part Time
		Dickie worked for me for a spell 3 years ago, he now works 6 mornings a week which leaves his afternoons and Sundays free to do his own Point to Pointers. He is a very capable schooling and work riding jockey and he rides some of our more difficult horses each day, including his favourite, Afsoun. Dickie enjoyed his best ever season point to pointing last year (2010/11) finishing runner up in the East Anglian Jockeys Championship. He will continue to ride in amateur races for the yard when suitable opportunities arise.

		Name: Graham Peck
		Role: Part time
		Graham has been a friend for many years and used to ride out and help qualify the point to pointers when I was training at Whepstead. He is an avid hunting and racing enthusiast and enjoys riding out and box driving for me when his day jobs, grain merchant and Zamar Ice Therapy machine rep, allow.

		Name: Katie Turner
		Role: Secretary
		Katie is my long serving secretary and bookkeeper who comes to St Gatien once a week to keep everything in order. Her husband farms just 2 miles away from where I was bought up and I used to drive the combine for them at harvest time.

		Name: Andrew Hickman
		Role: Right Hand Man !
		Andrew lives in Newmarket and works for Brightwells, the Ascot (the source of many winners for me over the years) and Cheltenham Sales auctioneers. Andrew and I used to ride against each other point to pointing. He used to be quite good (!) - he rode 89 winners before hanging up his boots in 2006.

		Name: Clare Twemlow
		Role: Riding out
		Clare started riding out in January 08 in preparation for her participation in "The Peoples Race" held on Grand National day and televised on the BBC. She not only made it through to the final 10 to ride in this charity flat race from an initial 3,000 but won the race as well and raising over £50,000 for charity. She now holds a Category A amateur licence and had rides under rules and point to pointing last season, with Ramvaswani providing her with seconds at Southwell and Towcester.

		Name: Sophie Eayrs
		Role: Riding out
		Sophie works for European Bloodstock News , but again finds time to ride out here 3 mornings a week and regardless of the weather brings a ray of sunshine to the yard each morning! She is from the heart of Leicestershire's hunting country and enjoys hunting through the winter.

		Name: Harry Fowler
		Role: Riding out
		I have known Harry since my point to pointing days and used to ride against him. With 58 winners under his belt he is naturally a very good work rider and schooling jockey to have on side, but he hasn't yet managed to ride a winner for St Gatien despite our best efforts! Between riding and competing in triathlons, Harry works for Tattersalls in Newmarket and Ireland. Fortunately he is good mates with Andrew Hickman of Brightwells but there was a certain amount of rivalry one September morning when a Doncaster Bloodstock Sales representative also rode out for us!