I GREW up in Cavan on a dairy farm where my older brother Michael kept horses, so from a young age I developed a huge interest in them too. Myself and Michael would have travelled the length and breadth of Ireland when I was in my teens and early 20s, going to shows and we did a number of RDS visits as well.

I now live on a farm outside Kells with my wife Maura and three children: Ava, Lauren and Daniel.