MY LIFE with horses
For Libby Snell, every day’s like race day. She lives and breathes Thoroughbreds in both her work and home life. She shares what it’s like to walk a week in her boots
LIBBY SNELL is a bloodstock and communications manager for a racehorse trainer in Lambourn where she’s responsible for keeping owners up to date on their horses. If managing 100 horses at work wasn’t enough, Libby runs her own business producing youngsters at home.
MON Monday morning and I’m at work by 6:30am. Fortunately, my dad looks after the horses at home during the week and keeps our bloodstock business ticking along. It’s a chilly start to the day, but luckily for me I’m in the car with Ed, the trainer, watching the horses work. We have five of our best horses racing on Friday, so I need to get plenty of photos and videos to send over to their owners. There are 100 horses on the yard at work, all owned by different people, and I’ve got to have impeccable knowledge of each one ready for any questions.