I LIVE in Convoy, Co Donegal and have bred, produced and competed horses since I left school. In the past, I jumped ponies for Brian Taggart and when I moved on to horses, spent several years working with Andrew Davies, Florian Meyer zu Hartum, and Peter Smyth.

After a good grounding with those riders, I set up on my own Green Hill Farm here at home, where I produce and breed show jumping horses. My late father Harry and my mother Jean were always interested in horses, keeping mostly Irish Draught broodmares on the farm.