On Sunday, August 3rd I had my biggest success since moving to Australia when Highland Blaze won the Australian Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. I have only been over here a year and a half but already, I know it’s the best decision I could have ever made. Things are going really well at the moment and hopefully, I can continue to ride in and win more big races in the coming seasons.

I got into racing through my parents, who always owned a couple of horses. When I was quite young, they had a horse named Goinforporter in training with a local Baltinglass man, John Lennon. He won a couple of point-to-points and a handicap chase in Limerick. I saw the horse race and through that connection started mucking out in John’s yard when I was 10 or 11.