Twelve Questions

First job in the Thoroughbred industry? Jockey agent for Greta Kuntzweiler. Biggest influence on your career? Chuck Scaravelli. He took extra time to teach me and gave me every chance to become an Equibase chart caller. Favourite racehorse of all time, and why? Drink Bubbly. She was a gentle grey daughter of Marfa who I owned in 2000. I had never been so comfortable around or confident in a horse. She was cool and a pleasure to be associated with. Who will be champion first-season sire in 2023? In Europe,...

What was your first job in the Thoroughbred industry? It was a school holiday job opportunity, after a family Christmas at home in Northumberland, when my brother, Tim, suggested I might like to come back to France with him and spend a few weeks working at the Haras de La Verrerie in Normandy where he was the manager. My parents thought this was an excellent idea as it would help me with my French, so one snowy morning we set off in Tim's Mini Cooper and slithered our way over...

First job in the Thoroughbred industry? Picking stones in Ashtown House Stud whilst being told I was getting invaluable experience.   Biggest influence on your career? My parents, Frank and Liz Barry. One is very much missed and Liz still takes a strong interest in the goings on around here.   Favourite racehorse of all time, and why? I'm not old enough to have seen Red Rum, but Sea The Stars was just immense as a 3-year-old. Istabraq has always been a favourite. Pure class.   Who will be champion...

First job in the Thoroughbred industry? Pupil assistant to Robert Baker at Manton. I did pretty much everything from laundry to mole catching. Not very well, but at least I got a workable mark. Biggest influence on your career? David Whiteley. He was meticulous and everything he did had a specific reason. Favourite racehorse of all time, and why? Montjeu. I cannot think of another that was on the bit at the distance in a Group 1 race. He was the most athletic mover and managed to pass it on...

First job in the Thoroughbred industry? Mucking out boxes, raking gravel at Simontorp Stud in Sweden. Biggest influence on your career? Captain A.D.D. 'Tim' Rogers of Airlie Stud, Lucan, Co Dublin; he single-handedly invented the European bloodstock industry. Favourite racehorse of all time, and why? Nijinsky - superb athlete; strong and correct with a most beautiful head; probably the last-ever Triple Crown winner...and sire of Niniski (without whom, no Lanwades Stud today). Who will be champion first-season sire in 2023? I would of course hope for Study Of Man, but...

What was you first job in the Thoroughbred industry? I trailed around sales after my father from a young age learning the ropes, but you couldn't really call that a job. My first job on a farm was in Mount Armstrong Stud in Co Kildare when it was owned by Noel O'Callaghan. I used to cycle there every day and learned to prep yearlings with Eddie O'Learys sister, Ashley. The biggest influence on your career? My father Brian and my grandfather Christy who taught me everything I could hope to...

Editor's note: Boyd Browning is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fasig-Tipton Corporation. We don't know much more about him because steadfastly refuses to let Chris McGrath do a profile on him, but we suspect he's a Lexington native.  Best Fasig graduate this year who wasn't Flightline? It's a three-way tie between Cyberknife, Jack Christopher and Taiba. What are you proudest of in your career? To be part of an amazing team at Fasig-Tipton. Horse you were proudest to sell? I'll Get Along, the dam of Smarty Jones....