AS kids, we started off all running around on ponies at home. I then went away from horses for about 20 years; only getting back into it in my late 30s. Since then, I was the National Amateur Showjumping Champion 2018, competed in the Corinthian Challenge 2023 and recently rode a winner under rules at Kilbeggan. My wife always says that I don’t have a bucket list, just a list of things I’ve done. While my amateur licence also permits me to ride over jumps, I haven’t had this opportunity just yet.After my Leaving Certificate I got a place in college in Oxford to do Equine Science. I ended up deferring it for a year, then two. Life just ended up taking me in a different direction, I suppose.

I worked within the transport sector for a number of years in the UK, Australia and finally home. Three years later, my wife Aoife and I decided to set up our own business, Tranziberia. A food distribution company, we mainly import/export to Spain and Portugal.