So from a very young age, I was acutely aware of horseracing and more importantly, the day’s results. Some of my earliest memories include attending the big summer festivals at Galway, Tralee and Tramore, during the school holidays.

My elder brother Paddy, who will be with SiS for 25 years next January, helped harness my interest and thought me how to ‘tic-tac’ and ‘clerk’ while I was still in primary school.