I’M from a small village called Barnacogue in the west of Ireland. My wife Bernie and I purchased our first Irish Draught - Holy River (Inisfree The Holy Grail - Inisfree Snowy River, by Crannagh Hero) - in 2016 from the late Eddie Murphy.

In 2017, we covered Holy River with the RID stallion Clonakilty Hero, and that’s where our Irish Draught story began. In 2018, we welcomed Ringrove Paddys Hero, a lovely colt foal who gave us many great days in the show ring. At the end of the year, he won the All-Ireland colt foal final in Ballinasloe and then went overall champion.