She’s at home both at Queen’s Park and on the Woodbine Racetrack backstretch. She has a desire to go to Morocco and also become C.J. Cregg when she gets older. Get to know Gabrielle Gallant.
Meet Ontario Racing's director of communications and stakeholder relations, someone who doesn’t mind watching reruns of a certain TV series, and someone who would love to hang out at the races with a certain The Big Bang Theory star.
A familiar ‘Wing’ to it.
“I'm a ‘West Wing’ junkie. I must have watched the whole series at least 10 times. It's almost always on in the background at home when I'm writing. I haven't given up wanting to be C.J. Cregg when I grow up.”
She landed her dream job.
"My background is in politics at Queen's Park, and as a consultant and lobbyist. But my No. 1 love is horses. I can't quite believe that I'm lucky enough to get to bring it all together in this job."
Her No. 1 travel destination is…
“Morocco is on my dream travel list. I think anywhere that has the east-meets-west vibe is magical. Istanbul is the most magical place I've ever been, and that's because there's a little bit of every piece of culture and history there. I love an adventure. I hope I make it to Marakesh someday soon.”
The celebrity she’d love to hang out at the races with is…
“I have a niche-love for celebrities who have horses. My favourite is Kaley Cuoco – she loves her horses so much! It would be fun to go to the races with her, because she's such a horse lover.”
Remember me?
“I worked on the backstretch at Woodbine when I was a teenager, and on my first day at Ontario Racing, I included went back to see some old friends and their horses, and watch a few sets on the main track.”
(Courtesy Ontario Racing)