For 23 years Richard led the five times champion racehorse breeder in Britain, Shadwell Stud, as the stud director and close advisor of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, seven times leading owner in Britain – most recently in 2020 – until his sad recent passing. Richard began his career at H.M. The Queen’s Sandringham Stud under the mentorship of her then stud manager, Sir Michael Oswald. Richard served on the board of the UK Thoroughbred Breeders Association from 2003 to 2015, spending the last three years as chairman.