I’M from Newmarket-on-Fergus in Co Clare. My dad was very involved with point-to-pointers and stuff like that. He worked with Aengus King for years. I started off with ponies at home and it went from there.

After doing my Junior Certificate, I left school and went to RACE. I was sent to work for Kevin Prendergast and became apprenticed to him. He was very good to me. I rode a winner for Kevin on my very first ride on the racecourse; Miss Cunning at Dundalk in August 2020.