DERRINSTOWN Stud in Maynooth County Kildare is extremely busy at this time of year. They use a number of different machines to help keep manual labour down and allow the day to day running of the yard run smoothly during the breeding season.

Derrinstown uses an Avant loader for cleaning out mare and foal stables. “There was a time we manually forked out all of the dirty bedding which was very time consuming and labour intensive,” stud groom Michael Connors explained.