STATIC Jack and Sir Jack Yeats, two horses both owned by my father, have helped provide me with a dream start to my training career. Although only holding a licence since the beginning of June, I have visited the winners enclosure on two occasions and am steadily building up a nice string.

My family have been involved in horses and racing for as long as I can recall. Pake Holden, my grandad, held a handlers licence and my aunt Monica Hartley assisted him. Later on he had a number of horses in training with Joe Crowley and David O’Brien. My grandmother, Nellie Holden, was an avid breeder of half-bred horses and enjoyed much success in the RDS over the years.