Rachel Hood (born September 1953[1]) is an English classic-winning[2] thoroughbred racehorse owner and politician.

Hood has owned numerous race horses, including St. Leger Stakes winner Arctic Cosmos,[3] Cheshire Oaks winner[4] Gertrude Bell and Nichols Canyon.

She is an English and American-qualified attorney, and practiced in the State of California.

[5][6] She met her husband, racehorse trainer John Gosden, whilst they were both students at the University of Cambridge.

She has four children, Sebastian, Serena, Theodora and Thaddeus.,[7] and lives in Newmarket, Suffolk.