THREE-time dressage Olympian Heike Holstein didn’t “breed to be a breeder” when she put her Limmerick-sired mare Astoria in-foal in 2008, but she was thankful for making the decision when a foal named Sambuca was born in 2009.

A look back at Holstein’s FEI record shows a wealth of experience. She represented Ireland at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta on Devereaux, the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with Ballaseyr Royal and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games aboard Welt Adel.