Racing Staff Week: Ian Pople

Staff Name: Ian
What got you into racing and working with horses?
Liking horses
What is the best thing about your job?
Seeing the foals grow up and progress on to win races
What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?
Be sensible!
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Looking after my mother
As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up?
Footballer
If you could time travel, when would you go?
1966 England World Cup Final
Who would you take with you if you were sent to live on a desert island for a month?
Pet cat
Who would you make sure wasn’t there when you arrived on your desert island?
The tax man
What personality characteristic has gotten you in the most trouble?
Being cheeky
If you had to pick a new name for yourself, what name would you pick?
Clint
What’s the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?
Painting up a ladder
When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?
Eat chocolate
Do you think cats ever have regrets?
Yes
What’s the one food you could never bring yourself to eat?
Prunes
What fictional character do you wish you could meet?
Batman and Robin
What was the funniest way that you have been injured?
Tripping over shoelaces
If your life was a movie, what songs would be the soundtrack?
Bryan Adams
Who would play you in a movie of your life?
Brad Pitt
What TV catchphrase do you most enjoy using?
Lovely jubbly
What song do you have to sing along with when you hear it?
Everything I Do I Do It For You
What game are you really good at?
Football
Do you think of yourself as being naughty or nice?
Both
If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose?
Manchester United Mega-store
What’s the worst thing you did as a kid?
Stay out late
If you could marry a fictional character, who would it be and why?
Wonder Woman
If you could read minds, whose would you want to read?
Winning jockeys