Racing Post Bloodstock: meet the team and get their contact details

CHARMEIN PHELAN GAICD

HEAD OF BLOODSTOCK - RACING POST BLOODSTOCK & ANZ BLOODSTOCK NEWS

Email: charmein.phelan@racingpost.com

Phone: +61 459 510 506

Charmein has been with the Racing Post since May 2022. Initially the head of commercial for ANZ Bloodstock News, she was appointed to the Racing Post director role in July 2023.

Before this, Charmein was the executive officer for Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria. She is a skilled executive and administrator with a diverse and varied CV encompassing every aspect of the industry.

She has worked on multi-million dollar projects for the industry, such as the introduction of $7.5 million in additional breeding and racing incentives, strengthening government relations, lobbying, and legislation reviews for the Victorian breeding industry.

Charmein complements her administration and executive skills with strong business acumen and balances her résumé with the execution of global marketing campaigns, which include brand campaigns, TVCs and advertising plans for every size of business.

Her love is the bloodstock industry and she is an extremely passionate breeder and owner. Before her career within the industry, Charmein worked for multinationals in leadership roles.  Charmein holds an MBA and is a GAICD from the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a non executive director of Muswellbrook Race Club. 

CHARLIE ALLEN

BLOODSTOCK COMMERCIAL MANAGER

Email: charlie.allen@racingpost.com

Phone: +44 (0) 7548 786267

Charlie is the bloodstock commercial manager and has been working as part of the Racing Post’s commercial team for more than ten years.

Following the careers of Cheltenham Festival winner Dato Star and star hurdler Hoh Invader, both of whom were bred by his grandparents, developed his early interest in racing.

After finishing University in Galway and while working at Bank of Ireland he set up various horseracing syndicates and enjoys sharing the experience of racehorse ownership with others. The draw of working full time within the industry led to him moving to London to join the Racing Post in 2012.

MIRIAM DORAN

BLOODSTOCK PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

Email: miriam.doran@racingpost.com

Phone: 00 (353) 87 765 9120

Miriam has been at the Racing Post for 13 years, joining the bloodstock team in 2020. Involved in horses since childhood, she started working in racing at the age of 14 while still at school.

While studying Business and Thoroughbred Management in the UK, she worked for several trainers and sales consignors. This was followed by a move to the United States, where she worked in a pre-training yard, breaking horses for Claiborne Farm and Pin Oak Stud.

After four years in the US, Miriam travelled to Australia, where she spent a year working in racing and travelling. On her return to Ireland she took up the position of travelling head person for Frances Crowley and later Tom Taffe, before going back to study Business Management.

ROSIE MARGASON

BLOODSTOCK ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Email: rosie.margarson@racingpost.com

Phone: +44 (0) 7770 644997

Rosie joined the team at Racing Post Bloodstock in 2022. Thoroughbreds have been a life-long passion for Rosie, who held an amateur licence for six years and rode three winners, with the pinnacle being at Ascot on King George day aboard Spirited Guest, trained by her father George.

Rosie brings with her a wealth of experience from across the racing industry, having worked at the BHA, Tattersalls, Racing TV and the Injured Jockeys Fund. She is based in Newmarket and still rides out every morning before work.

MARY PLOWDEN

BLOODSTOCK ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Email: mary.plowden@racingpost.com

Phone: +44 (0) 7805 212074

Mary grew up in rural Shropshire and has been around horses for as long as she can remember, catching the racing bug in her teens. While studying Real Estate at university she rode out for various trainers in the UK, the US and Australia, alongside stud work, bid spotting and cards at Tattersalls and Goffs UK.

Mary did a stint in residential property sales in the Cotswolds before finding the pull back to racing too strong to resist and joining the Racing Post Bloodstock commercial team in 2022.

Mary splits her time between home in the Cotswolds, the office in London, and Shropshire, where she is actively involved in her family's farming operation. She was appointed a non-executive committee member at the Jockey Club-owned Kempton in 2024.