CONNEMARA Pony breeders Pat and Sinead Lusby McGrath from Cregmore in Co Galway keep around 10 broodmares, most of who come from the original bloodlines established by Pat McGrath’s father, the late Murty McGrath, and Lady Hemphill’s foundation lines at Tulira.

Pat and Sinead Lusby met through ponies. Lowry Murray, from the gate lodge at Tulira Castle, introduced them and when they married in 2004, it was the beginning of a successful partnership in the family home at Cregmore. The McGraths and their children Laura, Ava, Eamon and Paddy, are to be seen at shows all over Ireland.