The Team

Hannah has been David's assistant for twelve years. She works alongside him at all the sales worldwide, and also does all the pedigree research and catalogue updates prior to each sale. The Qatar Racing operation and QIPCO British Champion Series has been very much part of Hannah's ever expanding role and sees her representing the Al Thani family's sponsorship and racing interests throughout the racing season. During the stud season Hannah manages the nomination sales for the stallions along with ownership liaison. She also formed her own pinhooking syndicate, Redwall Bloodstock, which has enjoyed great success and recently formed another Redwall pinhooking syndicate in Australia.

Email: hannahwall@tweenhills.com

Mob: +44 (0) 7748 647313

Karen has been a key member of the team at Tweenhills since 2013. Previously Karen was stud secretary for Bloomsbury Stud for four years before its dispersal and was formally a Farm Secretary for eight years. Karen is the first point of contact at the stud liaising with owners, ensuring they are informed of coverings and foalings. She is responsible for all documentation being accurate, handles the stallion bookings and assists with nominations, as well as collating the worldwide breeding stock information. Karen also assists with hospitality at the sales and at the races.

Ivo was at Tweenhills for a year in 2014 and then went on to The Irish National Stud Course, where he was selected for the John Durkan Award. Following that he was assistant to Brian Meehan for two and a half years before moving to Australia for a year, working for Matt Cumani. He returned to Tweenhills September 2018 to assist David.

Email: ivo@tweenhills.com

Mob: +44 (0) 7540 980710

Alex joined Tweenhills in December 2015. Graduating from Hartpury College with BA Hons Equine Business Management, she also completed the Irish National Stud Course and an Internship at Juddmonte Farms. In addition Alex has worked for trainers Francis-Henri Graffard in France and Gai Waterhouse in Australia, and bloodstock agent Luke Lillingston. She brings a wealth of international experience to the team, and based in the Bloodstock office, she focuses on nomination sales, stallion marketing and client relations.

Email: alex@tweenhills.com

Mob: +44 (0) 7733 305 867

Bryony was assistant to Ger Lyons for five years before joining Tweenhills in February 2012. With Qatar Racing having around 200 horses in training worldwide it's Bryony's job to liaise with all concerned ensuring that Sheikh Fahad and David are kept informed of horses progress, entries and jockey bookings.

Adam grew up in the West Midlands and was introduced to racing by his grandfather. After completing his degree in Equine Breeding and Stud Management at Writtle College, part of the University of Essex, he spent six years working for Timeform in West Yorkshire. Adam joined the Tweenhills team in March 2017 and his role includes writing daily race previews for David and identifying form horses to purchase, as well as selling nominations to Tweenhills' roster of stallions.

Email: adam@tweenhills.com

Mob: +44 (0) 7864 279 075

Sophie joined Tweenhills in September 2012, she is responsible for all the accounts, client invoicing, payroll and budgeting having previously worked in the finance department of a commercial insurance broker. Sophie is a keen rider, with a horse at home and is now a mum of a beautiful daughter.

Lucy joined Tweenhills in November 2018, wanting to work around horses again after a spell long distance lorry driving. She worked at Overbury Stud as a teenager and studied at Hartpury College before becoming senior yard staff there. In 2011 Lucy became a professional groom and travelled around the world with the Great British Eventing Team. She assists Karen with the daily running of the Stud Office.

Ben has been Stud Groom at Tweenhills since June 2010 and has a wealth of experience in stud and stallion management. Ben had previously worked for Barleythorpe Stud and was Stud Groom at Templeton Stud for ten years. Ben has full responsibility for the health and welfare of all the horses at Tweenhills along with overseeing the stallions, sales preparations, breakers and managing the yard staff.

Mob: +44 (0) 7821 661 674

Reece joined the Tweenhills team in August 2017. Although not from a background of horses he learnt to ride during school holidays in Devon. He has a keen interest in racing/breeding and following a career as a personal trainer he changed his vocation and has accumulated knowledge in the industry by completing The National Stud's Apprenticeship and a placement at Juddmonte Wargrave. Reece has also gained experience working at Watership Down Stud, and Vinery Stud in Australia along with being assistant stallion man at Banstead Manor.

Tom started out by completing the National Stud’s Stud Management Diploma before working with yearlings at Haras d’Etreham, Sun Stud, Arrowfield and Watership Down. He then worked for Olly and Hetta Stevens before joining Jean-Claude Rouget as Pupil Assistant. Tom worked for Tweenhills in 2017 and, after furthering his knowledge as Assistant Manager at Yorton Farm, he returned to Tweenhills in November 2018.

Victoria grew up on a NH farm. After three years in business and accounting she completed the Irish National Stud Thoroughbred Breeding Course where she was a gold medalist, and returned there the following year to assist with the foaling. Victoria then spent a year at Segenhoe Stud in Australia before joining Tweenhills in 2015. She has swiftly become an asset to the team and flourishes during the breeding season where her foaling experience is invaluable.

Mob: +44 (0) 7764 870179

Graham was a renowned NH Jockey riding 920 winners including both the Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle; he then turned to training and sent out over 100 winners. Graham joined Tweenhills in 2008 and assists Ben in the day-to-day running of the stud and comes into his own during the breaking.

Following looking after hunters during the hunting season, Scott joined Tweenhills in March 2017. Scott is locally born and bred, and worked at Meadow Stud, Huntley, breeding sport horses for six years.

Lilly has worked at Scenic Lodge Stud in Australia and at many racing stables, she also has experience of sales preparation. Having had an association with horses all her life including at a riding school in Ireland, Lilly joined Tweenhills in January 2017.

After graduating as a Veterinary Technician from Agricultural College in Czernichow, Wiktoria moved from Krakow to Britian and commenced working at Tweenhills in 2017. She is thoroughly enjoying working with horses and has become a valuable member of the team.

Xander started at Tweenhills in December 2018. He grew up in Stroud and started working on a livery yard aged 12, which sparked an interest in racing. Xander graduated in Equine Science & Thoroughbred Management from Oxford Brookes University in 2017, and has since worked with mares and foals at Kirtlington and Cheveley Park Studs. His ambition is to be a Stud Manager.

Hannah was born in Dubai but raised in Australia. Her father is Geoffrey Faber, Qatar Racing’s Australian Representative. Hannah has an ex-racehorse at home in Australia and is passionate about horses leading happy lives after racing. She moved to England by herself at 17, joined Tweenhills in October 2018 and is keen to learn all aspects of the industry.

Henry first worked at Tweenhills in 2017 and, after doing the National Stud course in Newmarket and then the breeding season at Valachi Downs in New Zealand, he returned to Tweenhills in February 2019. Henry studied Economics at Newcastle University. He is from a farming background and his ambition is set up a breeding operation at home in Northamptonshire.

Sam is from Australia and started at Tweenhills in April 2019. He is from an eventing background: his father Derek Piper was in the Australian Eventing Team whilst his mother was a groom for them. Sam's parents train a few in the country and have a few ex-racemares which they breed from. Sam has worked doing sales and yearling preps, including at Widden Stud. His ambition is to train train and breed horses himself.

Tilly graduated from studying Politics at Bristol University in July 2018 and started at Tweenhills in February 2019. She from a hunting background and has grown up around horses. Her family have an interest in racing: her grandparents bred horses and her grandfather was point-to-point jockey Bill Sprott. Tilly wants to be a racing journalist.