RACEHORSE owner and vendor Caroline Bleahen has died following a short illness.

Her brothers John, Niall and Hugh are well-known figures at National Hunt sales and shared horses with their sister, who was also an award-winning producer with RTÉ.

Reposing at her brother Niall’s home Belview, Laurencetown, Co Galway, H53E303 on Saturday from 4pm to 8pm, her funeral Mass is at 10am on Sunday in St Augustine’s Parish Church, Clontuskert, Ballinasloe (H53C623).