Kristen Manning
Kristen Manning is a journalist specializing in thoroughbred racing and breeding. Kristen Manning has been involved in the world of horse racing since she was fifteen. Hooked when her father took a share in a horse who was to win nine races, she embarked on her racing career as a cadet journalist at Truth Newspaper. After three years at that infamous Melbourne paper, Kristen became a freelance writer, working for the racing publications Winning Post, Racetrack, Australian Bloodhorse Review, Breeding&Racing, Pacemaker (UK) Turf Monthly, Inside Racing, Sunspeed, On Course (editor) and Owner/Breeder (US). She has also worked for Racing Victoria, the Moonee Valley Racing Club, the Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association, the Victorian Bookmakers Association, on community radio and she contributed four chapters to the book Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. An enthusiastic racehorse owner and breeder, Kristen also works as a pedigree analyst, providing advice to individual breeders and studs. She has always held the ambition to write a book and is thrilled to document the life of Fields of Omagh, a horse she has long admired.