Described in the blurb by publishers, Tirgearr Publishing as “an explosive debut horseracing/mafia thriller which reveals the high-powered and high-stakes world of the international multi-million euro bloodstock industry.’’ Should anyone out there be worried?

Ward grew up in Limerick, where he spent much of his youth pony-clubbing, fox-hunting, and then worked full-time with racehorses in England. He moved to the Hunter Valley in Australia, where he worked on a large stud farm, and spent time on a cattle farm, breaking-in wild horses.