IT was only as I sat down to write this, that I realised how incredibly lucky I have been as a breeder so far. My farm is Hardingville in Co Cork and Terence’s farm is Ballynoe Castle Farm, near Newcastle West, Co Limerick. We’re now an amalgamation of the two farms, but there is still plenty of competition between us!

Terence’s family have a long, long history of buying and producing top-class sport horses, mainly eventers and show horses, five Olympic horses, numerous RDS champions and even Clearly Canadian (Leapman), a World Cup dressage finalist in Gothenburg.