Leading to Success

The second episode of season 6 is brought to you by Emily McParland and Liam Bacon, two first-year Godolphin Flying Start trainees, who are about to conclude their time in Ireland. 

Join Emily & Liam as they speak to Harry McAlpine, a member of the bloodstock and auctioneering team at Tattersalls, and Godolphin Flying Start graduate Sarah Kelly on her experience working at Baroda Stud. 

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Welcome to the first episode of season six with your hosts Rebecca O'Reilly and Jackson Gwynne, who have recently begun the first phase of Godolphin Flying Start in Ireland. 

Join Rebecca & Jackson as they speak to Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (ITBA) Education Coordinator and Godolphin Flying Start graduate, Hannah Marks, to discuss her career and insights into ITBA. 

This episode also features an interview with second-year trainees Callum Jeffries and Emma Dillon, who reflect on their time in Australia so far. 

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Welcome to the final episode of this season’s podcast with your hosts, first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees: Emma Dillon and Tara Carroll.

Join Emma and Tara as they speak to fellow trainee Adrian Redondo about his time with trainer Brad Cox during his recent externship. 

They also speak to Godolphin Flying Start USA co-ordinator Kathryn Banahan.

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Welcome to the ninth episode of this season’s podcast with your hosts, first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees: Emma Hunter and Harry Winnard. 

Join Emma and Harry as they speak to Sara Gordon, Social Media Manager for Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN), about her role and the work she does in the run up to the Kentucky Derby. 

They also speak to second year trainee, Rachael Doody, who is completing her final phase of the programme in Ireland, and currently on her externship at Tattersalls Ireland. 

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Welcome to the eight episode of this season’s podcast with your hosts, first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees: Callum Jeffries and Jamie O’Connor. 

Join Callum and Jamie as they speak to Ben Henley, General Manager of Airdrie Stud. Ben discusses his career path in the industry and gives an insightful overview of Airdrie Stud. 

They also speak to second year trainee, Matt Daubeney, who is currently completing his final phase of the programme in Ireland. 

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Welcome to the seventh episode of this season’s podcast with Adrian Redondo and Mageswar PV, first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees, discussing their picks for the 2026 Kentucky Derby.

In addition, they chat with their classmate and UK trainee Kitty Ashby about her experience so far of the USA phase to date. This is followed by an insightful interview with Stonerside Broodmare Manager Ben Lynch who speaks about his career and experience. They then caught up with second year trainee Caroline Bunch, who highlighted her best moments of the programme and is currently completing her final phase of the programme in Ireland. 

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Welcome to the sixth episode of this season’s podcast with your hosts, first year Godolphin Flying Start Trainees: Harry Winnard and Saad Saidi. Join Harry and Saad as they speak to Four Star Sales latest Bloodstock Sales Associate and 2025 Flying Start Graduate, George Connolly on his move to America.

They also spoke to first year trainees, Emma Dillon and Callum Jeffries to get their thoughts on their first experiences of America as well as their highlights of the course throughout the phase so far. They then caught up with second year team leaders, Antoine Rozan and Gabrielle Nebout as they head into their final phase of the Godolphin Flying Start, reflecting on their time in Dubai and what they are looking forward to in their final phase.

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Welcome to the fifth episode of this season's podcast with your hosts first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees, Luke O'Neill and Tara Carroll. Join Luke and Tara as they speak to the previous manager of Spendthrift Farm and owner Ballindaggin Farm, John Williams to discuss his career in the industry, and his advice for young people looking to get into the industry. 

They also spoke to first year trainees, Jamie O'Connor and Saad Saidi, to discuss how they had found the first few weeks of their time in Kentucky, their experience of the Keeneland January Sale, and what they are looking forward to most during their time here. Of the second year trainees, they caught up with Megan Bulbulia, who spoke about her experiences in Australia, which included an externship at Chris Waller Racing and participating in the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

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Welcome to the fourth episode of this season's podcast with your hosts first year Godolphin Flying Start trainees, Emma Dillon and Callum Jeffries. Join Emma and Callum as they discuss the application process and interview second year trainee Ivanna Dempsey and  Godolphin Flying Start graduates Scott Calder and Claire Wilson.

With applications recently opening for next year's intake of trainees,  this episode provides valuable insight into previous trainee's experience prior to starting the course and externships carried out during their time on the programme. Our interviewees give great advice, and this episode gives an idea of career options for people in the industry as well as entry points. 

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The third episode of this season is hosted by Kitty Ashby and Raph McCall who are recording from a cold and windy Newmarket before the start of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

This episode focuses on the wide range of educational pathways that are available in the industry, and the hosts are joined by first-year trainee Emma Dillon, second-year trainee Luke Kevin and Joe Bradley from The National Stud, all of whom have plenty of interesting insights to share.

Reminder that applications open on Monday, December 1st for 2026 - 2028 intake! 

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