Alex Hammond is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 presenter

Presenter

A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...

, reporter and horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 expert, working currently for Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....

 and At the Races

At the Races

At The Races is a British television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting, Arena Leisure Plc and 30 UK racecourses....

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Media career

Alex usually features on Sky Sports News' "Good Morning Sports Fans" schedule, from 6am to 10am, where she provides an extended covering of recent horse racing events, as well as a Tip of the Day. She covers the role of a track reporter for the At the Races channel. She has also presented Sky Sports' coverage of the Horse of the Year show. She has an online blog column on the Sky Sports website, primarily focused on horse racing.

Personal life

Alex has been married twice. Her first marriage to trainer Mickey Hammond ended after she was involved in an affair with Tony McCoy

Tony McCoy

Anthony Peter McCoy OBE , commonly known as A. P. McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey....

. She then married jockey Richard Quinn, but the couple divorced after 19 months. As well as horses, she has a keen interest in motorcycles. She supports Sheffield United and is a fan of Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...

 and Frankie & the Heartstrings

Frankie & The Heartstrings

Frankie & The Heartstrings are a Sunderland-based indie rock band that formed in 2008. The band's debut album, Hunger was released on 21 February 2011, and debuted at #32 on the UK albums chart.-History:...

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