Since snapping his first photo in the mid-90s, Kydd has gone on to see his images included in the likes of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
He has also exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London but, despite his success, he says he was far from a great photographer when he started out.
“I wasn’t a photographer, but I just managed to have this extraordinary access and the pictures got better and better and better,” he said.
“I was very lucky and just happened to have backed a very good horse and I think because I was slightly inept, it gave the photos a raw energy which worked.
“They just got so used to me being there and going click, click, click, that they hardly noticed I was there.”