I’M farming full-time in a small townland called Ardnehue, which is in Bennekerry, Co. Carlow. Hence the prefix ‘ABC’ being the three initials of my address. I did use Ardnehue as a prefix at one stage but show commentators had difficulty pronouncing it correctly and so I decided a change was needed.

The early spring can be a busy enough time so I tend to leave the mares to foal from mid-April onwards and a July foal is not uncommon. Mares are housed at night around foaling time and a foaling alarm and CCTV camera are used to help make life a little bit easier.