Anna Sylvester

The British Racing School (BRS) is well known for its key role in providing rounded training for young staff coming into the industry, and in recent years within its grounds in Newmarket a new charitable project has been launched. The Newmarket Pony Academy (NPA) was the brainchild of Godolphin's charities manager Penny Taylor. In association with BRS CEO Andrew Braithwaite and former CEO Grant Harris, she formulated a pilot for a scheme aimed at helping vulnerable and disadvantaged schoolchildren in the catchment area of Suffolk and Cambridge. "The schools can...