Fabienne Parkin

One of the younger faces on the sales circuit, Fabienne Parkin has certainly made a big impact in a short space of time. Best known as the face of Branton Court Stud, Parkin has enjoyed a colourful year on and off the track. She is next up in the Hot Seat, where she shares everything from her biggest ambitions in the game to funniest moments of 2025.  What was your defining moment of 2025? Was there a highlight? Watching Fallen Angel emphatically win her fifth Group 1 in the Sun...

"The grey colours, there's a big plan behind all that. Eventually my daughter will take over. I'm doing this for my family when I'm no longer here." Those were the words of owner-breeder Steve Parkin in a TDN interview penned in September last year, revealing all about his ambition to stand stallions at Dullingham Park Stud, plus the succession plan which he hopes will guarantee the long-term future of a racing and bloodstock empire he's spent the last two decades building. Five months on and the wheels are now firmly...