Archie Macauley
Archie grew up on his family’s farm in Ireland, gaining hands-on experience with broodmares, foals, yearlings, and racehorses from an early age. While studying at Trinity College Dublin, he served on the committee of the university’s Horse Racing Society, organizing educational visits to some of Ireland’s leading farms and training centers to introduce fellow students to the thoroughbred industry. During this period, Archie also competed regularly in National Hunt races across Ireland and England and spent a summer in Australia working for leading trainer Ciaran Maher.
After graduating, Archie moved to Canada to work for dual U.S. and Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield, riding track work at Woodbine and Payson Park in Florida. In 2019, he joined trainer Ricky Hendriks as an assistant and jockey, where he developed a deep appreciation for American steeplechasing.
Since 2020, Archie has specialized in private sales and identifying value at public auctions. His approach combines traditional horsemanship with detailed quantitative analysis, incorporating speed figures, stride data, and pedigree evaluation into his assessments. Through experience and continual review of performance data, Archie has developed a strong understanding of the physical traits most likely to produce fast, durable, and sound racehorses.
Jessica Macauley
Jessica is from Louisville, Kentucky and grew up riding foxhunters and eventers at her family farm. She attended the University of San Diego and during her summer holidays she would return to Kentucky and work as an exercise rider and doing yearling sales preparation. After graduating in 2015 with a a B.A in International Relations she interned for Team Valor International before traveling to Australia to intern for Arrowfield Stud and Gai Waterhouse. In 2016 Jessica was accepted into the Godolphin Flying Start Programme, a two year full-time international management and leadership training programme founded by HH Sheikh Mohammed and accredited by the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Business School as a Graduate Certificate in Management for the Thoroughbred industry. During her time on the Flying Start Jessica completed individual externships with Blandford Bloodstock and agent Stuart Boman, Newmarket, UK; trainer Ralph Nicks at Gulfstream Park in Florida, USA; the Godolphin Marketing team in Dubai, UAE; and Godolphin’s Crown Lodge with trainer James Cummings in Sydney, Australia. Upon graduating the course in 2018 Jessica accepted the position of COO of Team Valor International. Jessica and CEO Barry Irwin comprised the executive team of the international Thoroughbred racing syndications company, forming fractional-interest partnerships and managing the racing careers of horses on four continents. During her time with Team Valor Jessica represented the company at sales and race meetings in the US, England, Ireland, Canada, France, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. In August 2021 Jessica and Archie founded Clarity Thoroughbreds.