In the spirit of Racing Staff Week here is an interview with Will, who works as a groom and is also our main tractor driver at the Stud.

Staff Name:  William

What got you into racing and working with horses?

Marrying the boss’s grand-daughter

What is the best thing about your job?

Using my training around the yard to get the job done

What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?

Don’t get hurt

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Welcoming the two hobbits into the world

As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up?

A gardener

If you could time travel, when would you go?

I’m skim through the greatest points in history

Who would you take with you if you were sent to live on a desert island for a month?

Ray Mears

Who would you make sure wasn’t there when you arrived on your desert island?

Anyone who would rather be on the phone

What personality characteristic has gotten you in the most trouble?

My lack of empathy

If you had to pick a new name for yourself, what name would you pick?

Lord William Bailey

What’s the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?

Climbing lighting structures in a previous job

When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?

Put an audio book on

What is the funniest thing you have ever seen a stranger do?

Fall off a stage

Do you think cats ever have regrets?

Yes, if they urinate on my tractor they definitely do

What’s the one food you could never bring yourself to eat?

Nothing

What fictional character do you wish you could meet?

Sherlock Holmes

What was the funniest way that you have been injured?

I don’t get injured

If your life was a movie, what songs would be the soundtrack?

Lego Movie – “Everything Is Awesome”

Who would play you in a movie of your life?

Keanu Reeves

What TV catchphrase do you most enjoy using?

“Bezinga”

What song do you have to sing along with when you hear it?

All of the power ballads

What game are you really good at?

No idea

Do you think of yourself as being naughty or nice?

Evil mainly

If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose?

Russells

If you could marry a fictional character, who would it be and why?

Lara Croft – she’d never be at home

If you could read minds, whose would you want to read?

My wife’s – I might then not be in trouble so often.