Meet our team

The success of a racing stable depends on the strength of the team behind it, and the talent, skills, experience and dedication of the individual team members.

Here at Johnston Racing we recognise and value the importance of the people who make up our team and so we constantly invest significant resources in training and development, encouraging team members to continually develop their skills.

The result is a group of highly-skilled, dedicated and committed staff who are proud to play their role in achieving even greater success for our customers, the owners.

Directors

Mark Johnston

Managing Director / Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since January 1987

Mark has trained more than 100 winners for 25 consecutive seasons, achieving success in Classics and numerous Group One races. Born in Scotland in 1959, he became interested in racing through his father’s ownership of horses. At 14 he knew he was destined to become a trainer, but decided to study first as a vet and after qualifying worked in veterinary practice for three years.

Deirdre Johnston

Director / Assistant Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since January 1987

Assistant Trainers

Jock Bennett

Assistant Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since November 1997

Hayley Kelly

Assistant Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since November 1994

Charlie Johnston

Assistant Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since Birth!

Andrew Bottomley

Assistant Trainer

With Johnston Racing Since July 2002

Vets

Becky Dinsdale

Vet

With Johnston Racing Since February 2020

John Martin

Senior Vet

With Johnston Racing Since April 2014

Erin Allison

Vet Assistant

With Johnston Racing Since July 2011

Dora Lenge

Veterinary Assistant

With Johnston Racing Since May 2019

Yard Managers

Rachel Fox-Barnett

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since July 2012

Mairead Heap

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since May 2012

Luke Evans

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since July 2020

Louis Blanchet

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since January 2020

Liam Conway

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since February 2018

Kim McGiven

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since January 2020

Andrew Larnach

Yard Manager

With Johnston Racing Since September 2002

Administration

Michael Flory

HR & Transport Manager

With Johnston Racing Since October 2011

Kieran Bray

Racing Secretary

With Johnston Racing Since July 2018

Elaine Thompson

Accounts Manager

With Johnston Racing Since March 2001

Coral Eastment

Racing Secretary

With Johnston Racing Since August 2019

Cathy Pettigrew

Secretary

With Johnston Racing Since August 2006

Alex Stearn

Racing Secretary

With Johnston Racing Since September 2019

Travelling Managers

Tristan Burton-Pye

Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since June 2005

Tim Jarvis

Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since June 2017

Robynne Watton

Senior Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since January 1991

Rhona Bagnall

Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since August 2008

Mark Billingham

Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since November 1996

Jilly Francis

Travelling Manager

With Johnston Racing Since February 2021

Drivers

Stephen Carroll

Groom - Driver

With Johnston Racing Since March 2016

Philip Staines

Part-time box driver

With Johnston Racing Since 2020

Neil Hodgson

Groom - box driver

With Johnston Racing Since March 1994

Keith Watson

Groom - box driver

With Johnston Racing Since January 2014

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Chris Jolley

Part-time box driver

With Johnston Racing Since 2020

Andy Kermotschuk

Part-time box driver

With Johnston Racing Since 2020

Farriers

Tom Hardy

Farrier

Tim Sharpe

Farrier

Marc Morley

Farrier

Justin Landy

Farrier

Grooms & Riders

Tino Penic

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Taylor Jones

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since November 2019

Tamara Bousfield

Groom Rider

Steven Keenan

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

Skye Ross

Groom-Rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2019

Savroop Singh

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since July 2008

Sarah Simpson

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since February 2017

Rima Ram

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since October 2013

Richard Morris

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since July 2020

Richard Jarvis

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2017

Rena Sked

Groom (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since October 2016

Rebecca Wright

Groom - Rider (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since May 2016

Rebecca Gray

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2020

Ratan Singh

Groom - Rider

Poppy Hardie

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2021

Patrick Villiers

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since January 2019

Patrick Trainor

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since March 1999

Oliver Stammers

Apprentice Jockey

With Johnston Racing Since October 2017

Nestor Francisco

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2006

Nain Singh

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

Molly Craig

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since December 2019

Megan Graham

Groom-Rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2019

Luis Ruse

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since May 2021

Louis Kendrick

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2020

Libby Bowness

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Liam Dyson

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since May 2018

Lewis Hislop

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

Lee Shaw

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since October 2015

Lauren Hickin

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since September 2015

Lauren Jarvis

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since January 2004

Khet Singh

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2013

Keith Sked

Groom (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since September 2010

Katie Williams

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Joshua Crage

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since October 2020

Joshua Brown

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2019

Jordan Walton

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since October 2020

Jordan Divine

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2021

Jonny Peate

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since May 2020

Jodie Cuthbert

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Jane Smits

Groom - Rider (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since January 2020

Jamie Graham

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2020

James Goodall

Groom - Rider (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since January 2011

James Fenney

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since June 2001

Jagat Singh

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since October 2020

Harvey Ewart

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since November 2010

Graham Pettigrew

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2003

Giovani Silva Dos Santos

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2010

Gerard Thomson

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since March 2010

Georgia Radin

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2019

Gemma Wood

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since June 2004

Gavin Hardisty

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since November 2011

Fanni Ganda

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Emma Bedford

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2015

Elaine Deas

Groom - Rider (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since March 2019

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Demi Brown

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since March 2021

David Hickin

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since September 2015

Dave Tucker

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

Chloe Ruddock

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since December 2019

Chloe Leigh-Martin

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since November 2019

Cesar Dayaca

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2006

Cerys Jones

Groom-Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2018

Celia Dunne

Groom

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

Carrie Sanderson

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since September 2020

Bobbie Cook

Groom Rider

With Johnston Racing Since May 2019

Bhanwar Singh

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2017

Ben Smoult

Groom - Rider (Temp)

With Johnston Racing Since June 2021

Barry Lusted

Groom - Rider (Assistant Yard Manager)

With Johnston Racing Since January 2008

Babu Singh

Groom - Rider

Annie Mann

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2009

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Anna O’Gorman

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 2021

Andrew Shaw

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since May 2013

Andrew Breslin

Apprentice Jockey

With Johnston Racing Since January 2018

Andrew Bacon

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since October 2012

Amanda Mackin

Groom - Rider

With Johnston Racing Since April 2002

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Stephanie Beer

Part-time Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2020

Russell Kennmore

Rider & riding coach

With Johnston Racing Since November 2013

Patrick Holmes

Part-time rider

Nicola Rabjohn

Part-time rider

With Johnston Racing Since March 1999

Michael Stainton

Part - Time Rider

Meg Warburton

Part-time rider

With Johnston Racing Since March 2020

Lauren Steade

Part-time rider

With Johnston Racing Since February 2019

Kristy Kettlewell

Part-time Rider

With Johnston Racing Since August 2007

Kerryanne Matthews

Part-time Groom

With Johnston Racing Since April 2020

Hazel Brown

Part time rider

With Johnston Racing Since October 2019

Fiona Stoddart

Part-time groom

With Johnston Racing Since January 2021

Clare Breadin

Part-time Groom

With Johnston Racing Since November 2020

Billy Hardy

Part-time rider

Amy Brooks

Part - Time Rider

Alan Mercer

Part-time rider

With Johnston Racing Since June 1994

Other Departments

Tom Sykes

Cook

With Johnston Racing Since April 2021

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Roger Stott

Farm / Estate Maintenance

With Johnston Racing Since June 2021

Robina Robinson

Cleaner

With Johnston Racing Since June 2009

Paul Kind

Gardener

With Johnston Racing Since September 2006

Neil Nicholson

Estate Maintenance

With Johnston Racing Since February 2021

Mikaelle Lebreton

Estate Manager - Media

With Johnston Racing Since July 1996

Marlyn Dayaca

Cook

With Johnston Racing Since November 2016

Mark Smith

Painter

With Johnston Racing Since September 2007

John Nicholson

Night Watchman

With Johnston Racing Since June 2013

Jackie Hutt

Cleaner

With Johnston Racing Since May 2008

Alison Brown

Housekeeper

With Johnston Racing Since August 2008

Alexandra Adams

Embroiderer

With Johnston Racing Since March 2010

Alex Crane

Estate Maintenance

With Johnston Racing Since May 2021