OFFICE STAFF

ALEX HUTTER

Racing Secretary
Joined the team in 2017 having previously worked for Paul Nicholls and Philip Hobbs.

CONOR McCAFFERTY

Accounts
Conor joined us in May 2018 and deals with all Accounting.
WORK RIDERS

AARON ‘JACK’ MADDEN

Work Rider
Jack is recognisable as Samcro’s groom and is a huge part of the team.

CAMILLA SHARPLES

Travelling Head Girl
Camilla has worked for the likes of Ferdy Murphy and Donald McCain.

CATRIONA BOLGER

Work Rider
An ITBA graduate who now works for us full time.

CIAN CHESTER

Work Rider
Local to the yard andhas worked his way up to become a great little rider.

CIAN COLLINS

Work Rider
Unfortunately suffered a career ending injury as a jockey but is a huge part of the team.

COSMOS MCGIVERN

Work Rider
Has a wealth of knowledge and is an excellent horseman.

DAVY CONDON

Assistant Trainer
Davy was a very talented jockey who unfortunately had to retire due to injury.

ELERI APPS

Work Rider
A familiar face at the races, Eleri has lots of experience in the industry.

ERICA BYRNE-BURKE

Work Rider
Joined the team in the summer of 2017 and has become part of the furniture.

IAN ALMOND

Assistant Trainer
Assistant Trainer Ian is a long term friend of Gordons who joined the team in 2016.

JACK WILDMAN

Work Rider
After 2 weeks work experience Jack returned to us to work full time after leaving school.

JOEY ELLIOTT

Work Rider
Gordon’s brother, Joey has been an integral part of the Team since the very beginning.

KATIE YOUNG

Work Rider
Is a huge part of the team, she is a well known face at the races and loves her horses!

MARK FOLEY

Work Rider
Came to us from Stuart Crawford’s in 2017 and is a very talented rider.

MARY NUGENT

Assistant Head Travelling Girl
Assistant to our Travelling Head Girl Camilla Sharples.

MATT POYNTON

Work Rider
Enthusiastic Matt began life at Cullentra Stables in September 2016.

RONAN GALWAY

Work Rider
Came to us from Stuart Crawford’s in 2017 and is a very talented rider.

SEANIN MAHON

Work Rider
Irish Grand National winner General Principles groom.

SHANE McCANN

Work Rider
One of our longest standing members of staff Shane is also Samcro’s daily work rider.

SIMON MCGONGLE

Head Lad
Been with Gordon since the early days of his training career and is hugely respected our staff.

SINEAD O BRIEN

Work Rider
Has lots of experience in the industry and has worked for plenty of top trainers.
JOCKEYS

JACK KENNEDY

Jockey
Needs no introduction, Jack exploded onto the scene as an extremely talented jockey.

KEITH DONOGHUE

Jockey
Is a very gifted jockey who rides out for us part time.

KEVIN BROGAN

Jockey
Amateur Jockey Kevin always has a smile on his face.

LIAM McKENNA

Jockey
Joined us from Harry Fry’s.

LISA O NEIL

Jockey
Lisa is a familiar face to many as a successful Amateur jockey, a very useful work rider.
GROUND STAFF

ABBIE WILLIAMS PRICE

Ground Staff
A cousin of our work rider Amy Parsons, Abbie joined us in 2018.

BRIAN FLOOD

Ground Staff
Is a big part of our Racing team driving the horseboxes.

CRAIG KELLY

Ground Staff
Craig is one of our yard staff.

EMMETT EIVERS

Ground Staff
Emmett takes care of all the maintenance, building and repair work.

JACK DORAN

Ground Staff
Jack joined the team this season and is a member of the yard staff.

PADDY FLOOD

Ground Staff
Paddy helps us out travelling horses to the races and is a well known face in the industry.

STEPHEN MULLIGAN

Ground Staff
Takes care of the maintenance of our sand and woodchip gallops and all of our schooling strips.

THOMAS CONNOLY

Ground Staff
Tom has plenty of experience and is one of our main yard staff.

WILLIAM SMITH

Head Yard Man
Head Yard man Willie is in charge of all of our yard staff.
PART TIME STAFF

EILIECE ELLIOTT

Part Time Staff
Gordon’s niece Eliece is still at school and is regularly here on weekends and school holidays.

DAVID CAROLAN

Part Time Staff
Rides out for us on weekends and is a well loved member of the team.

CLARA MAGUIRE

Part Time Staff
Ciara has been riding out for us on weekends and in school holidays for a long time now!

EMILY McMAHON

Part Time Staff
Emily has her own farm which has regular boarders from Cullentra House Stables.

LOUISE DUNNE

Part Time Staff
Lead up Don Cossack in the Gold Cup & Tiger Roll in the Grand National

RACHEL McMAHON

Part Time Staff
Rachel works weekends for us.

SEAN HEALEY

Part Time Staff
Sean is a main member of the racing team and a regular rider with us.

SUSIE CAHILL

Part Time Staff
With a keen passion for Photography Susie is a part time work rider.
EQUINE PROFESSIONALS
We also use a range of highly trained equine professionals:
Farrier – Gavin Cromwell
Vets ;
Eduardo Martinez of Ratoath Veterinary Clinic
Lisadel Equine Hospital
Fethard Equine Hospital
Osteopathy – Anthony Coyne MVB
Dentists – Equidental International
Nutritional Analysis and Microbiology – The Irish Equine Centre