CONOR Houlihan, brother of conditional jockeys Sean and Niall, joined his siblings in Britain last autumn to work in the pre-training yard of multiple British men’s champion point-to-point rider, Will Biddick.

The 21-year-old from Dungarvan, Co Waterford had one ride in the first ‘half’ of the season, finishing second on the Biddick-trained Hello George in a veteran and novice riders’ race at Wadebridge in early December but has been steadily in demand since the turn of the year.