ALL sorts of roads lead to Glenamaddy and Rio De Janiero, yet one equine link between the north Galway town and 2016 Summer Olympics host city is Loughan Glen. Ranked 15th individually in this World Breeding for Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) eventing rankings, the Irish-bred and Clark Montgomery are again tipped for the United States Olympic eventing team after their pillar-to-post win in the three-star class at Blenheim in September.

Loughan Glen’s dam Tattymacall Mustard is one of the living dams of this year’s Irish-bred WBFSH team that retained the eventing title for the Irish Sport Horse studbook. She is owned by Daragh Geraghty whose father, the late Pat, bred the best Irish-bred showjumper with an Irish rider at the Olympic Games: Carling King. The fiery chesnut, the best of his iconic sire’s many offspring, was equal-fourth at Athens with Kevin Babington, an achievement that Daragh remembers well.