Tuesday, June 9th, 2015, is a day that I won’t forget for a very long time.

That day was the culmination of a dream which I had nurtured for over a year - the day that I had my first ride as an amateur rider in a bumper at Roscommon. I owe Andy Lynch, who trains outside Dunshaughlin, a huge ‘thank you’ for believing in me and also for trusting me with his horse Elegant Albert who, like me, did not have any previous racecourse experience.