TULLABEG is where I live with my wife Wendy, Ruby (9) and Jake (7), who have just finished their first Island Pony Club Camp this week. I was born and reared in Barnadown with my younger brothers, Maurice, (himself and Felicity run Barnadown Showjumping) and Vin. He and wife Claire breed and produce successfully under the Kilcandra prefix.

My father was a great lover of horse breeding and in the early days, we walked our mares to the local stud, Darcys of Moneycross, where the great thoroughbred stallion Ozymandias stood. We also used Slyguff Stud, where Hattons stood King Of Diamonds and after that, we stood Kildalton King at Barnadown and we bred a lot of nice blood mares to him.