I followed the local hunt with my mum from an early age. At that time though, I didn’t really know what it was all about. It wasn’t until towards the end of primary school, when I got riding lessons, that I got into it a bit more.

When my mum started taking in a few mares and foals, I developed an interest in thoroughbreds. I started looking at pedigrees and stuff around that time. Then, through nothing more than changing circumstances, or good fortune, we found ourselves inheriting a very smart blacktype filly.