My parents used the proceeds of that work to relocate to Malta, where I was born and spent my formative years. At four years old, my parents took me racing for the first time and I have been hooked ever since. As the years went by, I got my parents interested in the sport, rather than the other way around.

When it was time for me to start school, my parents decided to return to Britain. They bought a house in Oxford which was to prove of great benefit to me in later years as it was very central to a number of racecourses! I went racing at every opportunity and it didn’t take me long to realise that I wanted to forge a career within the industry.