With Heather Anderson, TDN Associate International Editor
First job in the Thoroughbred industry?
Interning at a reproduction centre at Peterson & Smith down in Florida.
Biggest influence on your career?
My parents. Neither are in the industry, but they gave me a good foundation and the right mind set to succeed.
Favourite racehorse of all time, and why?
Tiznow. He's still the only dual winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic.
Who will be champion first-season sire in 2023?
Land Force.
Greatest race in the world?
G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Most of the top middle-distance international form lines intersect at ParisLongchamp.
If you could be someone else in the industry for a day who would it be, and why?
Ryan Moore. He's one of the best jockeys in the world and has a fair poker face, win, lose, or draw.
Emerging talent in the industry (human)?
Seina Imamura. She now has 50 Japan Racing Association winners to her credit, and is only the fifth Japanese jockey to accomplish that feat in her rookie year.
Horse TDN should have made a Rising Star, and didn't?
From a few years back, Tis Marvellous.
Under-the-radar stallion?
Dream Ahead, even though he's sired several winners at the highest level.
Friday night treat?
A pint of gelato and a good book.
Guilty pleasure outside racing?
I'm a big fan of The Great British Baking Show, and enjoy baking.
Race I wish I had been there for…
It was before my time, but Mill Reef's victory in the 1971 Arc. He was such a cool, little horse.
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