I’M very proud to have three champions in our yard at the same time,” quips Shirley Hurst as we take a stroll through Tattygare Stud, right on the edge of the village of Lisbellaw in Co Fermanagh.

And rightly so, she should be very proud. Standing in adjacent stables is their own home-bred Tattygare Me Me Me, supreme ridden hunter at the RDS last August; Sharon Kelly-Murphy’s reigning All-Ireland three-year-old champion Annaghmore Dunkirk, and his half-brother Annaghmore Flo Pleasure, the All-Ireland two-year-old champion of 2024.