I DIDN’T have a horsey background at all. I only got involved when my granddad got me riding lessons when I was in fourth or fifth class. From there, I started doing a bit of show jumping. Mam and Dad wouldn’t have been into horses but since I got involved, they have taken an interest. They were great taking me around to the different shows when I was younger.

Being from Kilkenny, camogie was always number one in our house. As I got more involved with that in first and second year, I took a step back from horses for those couple of years. It wasn’t until after my Junior Cert that I really got back into it again. I was looking for a job to earn a bit of extra money and was lucky enough to get a part-time one with Jim Bolger. At the beginning, I was only working on the ground, as I didn’t have much experience with thoroughbreds.