Finalists – Administration Award 2016
Author Mike Hedge, November 17, 2016
The “backrooms” of racing can be found in city office blocks, at auction houses, in stables or on stud farms.
And most of them have one thing in common – the people who work in them fill vital roles and are largely unseen.
Among them are Lyn Dressing who has been with the international bloodstock transport business IRT for 42 years and Melanie Caban who is in her 30th season as administration manager for Vinery Stud general manager Peter Orton.
Both women have been nominated in the Administration category of the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards for their ability, devotion and perseverance.
And both say they have done what they do because they love the business, the people and the sense of achievement that comes with their work.
For Lyn, her nomination is acknowledgment of four decades of commitment.
“I’m truly humbled, because there are so many worthy people in the horse industry,” she said.
“It came as a complete surprise, but it is a wonderful piece of recognition and I thank Godolphin for their sponsorship and Racing Australia and TBA for putting it on.”