Robin Smullen

Robin Smullen has been the Assistant Trainer for the Barclay Tagg Racing Stable since 1998. She grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania that had show horses, basically born on horseback and riding before she could walk. “Horses are all I’ve know from day one”, she says. Robin showed horses on the “A” circuit before becoming a full-time participant in the thoroughbred horse racing industry.

Following graduation from high school, she worked for Dr. John R.S. Fisher for several years which was a great learning experience. He taught her about checking legs and “going over horses” to look for any issues they may have. After that she worked for a few different trainers and eventually became a trainer at Charlestown and Delaware Park. Realizing how difficult it is to operate a small stable, she went back to work for Dr. Fisher. That was when she met Barclay (1996) and began working for him a year later. She and Barclay have been inseparable ever since sharing a passion for horses that is unrivaled in the thoroughbred industry.