Sally, you are quite young to be a professional horse trainer. How did you get into horse training?
I first started out riding in Pony Club locally and competing predominantly in show jumping and eventing from two years of age. My father, Brian Taylor, always had a few racehorses in work over the years, so quite often I went to the races with him and worked his horses on the beach from the age of 10. I went on from there. I started riding track work when I moved to Seymour, Victoria, for John Symons and Sheila Laxon firstly, and then moved home to Coffs and was offered a training position with Peter Wood and his horses.
I worked with Peter for just over 12 months. We shared in plenty of success too, winning the Grafton Cup in 2016 and then went on to to win at Doomben in Brisbane with Rednav two weeks later. Grafton Cup was a big thrill, being a listed race and beating some very good horses from Sydney and abroad, as well as some well known trainers. It was a great experience.
I officially started Sally Taylor Racing in February 2016, and so the journey began …
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