EARLIER this month, I received the overall prize for having the most best turned out horses at the Listowel Harvest Festival. It was an award I was delighted to receive, as I particularly pride myself on having our horses looking well on race days.

Although I am a qualified teacher, horses have always been my first love and continue to be so. My Dad (John Patrick Ryan) has been a trainer all of my life so I was born into a racing household.