Gary Higgins RIP
THE funeral took place on Thursday of Gary Higgins, Claregalway. A keen racing fan, Gary also owned Joseph Murphy’s London Olympics horse, Electric Cruise, as a youngster and Badgerhill Cruise that jumped at Lanaken with Clem McMahon. This popular character also bred the five-star event horse Mermus R Diamonds. A keen amateur show jumper, Gary won the 2008 Farmers Journal amateur final and was the leading rider at the 2009 Towerlands amateur show with his great WCE Irish, known as Fitzy to his many fans. Gary will be deeply mourned and forever missed by his heartbroken family; Jack, Mikey, Gary, Ellen, David and Laura, his brothers Peter, Padraig and Micheál, sisters Carmel, Breegeann, Jacinta, Edel and Maura.


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