THE wheel has turned full circle for Shauna Finneran who has recently set up Hidden Valley Farm. Hidden Valley was the name of the Galway city base where her late grandfather Sean Hardiman kept his ponies, and the facility, which Shauna and her sister Emma will run, was part of the Hardimans’ original farm in Corrandulla.

“Emma is my right-hand woman. She’s learning how to develop the young horses I have in properly. Right now I’ve young stock in myself that will start to be produced this winter. It’s all performance-based at the yard, mainly eventers and show jumpers coming to learn how to flat between the fences,” said dressage rider Shauna, who was based for several years between New England and Florida in the USA.