Second Travelling Head Man - William Brown

AYR’S BILLY Brown has been in racing for 30 years and started with Charlie Williams for whom he had two spells either side of working for Albert Davison in Caterham. Arriving at Newmarket in the late 1970s, he was employed by Luca Cumani and Mick Ryan before Henry Cecil took him on in 1990. He has remained at Warren Place since then apart from a three-month stint working in America for Linda Sims, with whom he was shown how they break in yearlings on the other side of the Atlantic. Like others in the yard he won‘t forget Light Shift, but she will always be extra special for Billy as he did her the past two seasons. While the travelling takes up much of his time through the season, Billy is invaluable in the early winter when he plays a key part in breaking in the yearlings. He is a dab hand at Tenpin Bowling.  << BACK>>