JERRY Horan has come a long way from his teenage days of trading horses and ponies at Baltinglass Mart.

At the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale last month, he achieved the second-highest price - €325,000 - for a colt by Starspangledbanner (consigned under Ballynure Park Stud). It was some profit considering he cost just €36,000 in France last October.