I LIVE in Galway with my husband Frank and my three children; Senan (nine) and Megan and Tegan who are seven. I come from a completely non-horsey background, not a single person in my family is interested in horses.

I was brought up in Dublin and was a yard kid in the Howth stables when I was young. My uncle took up hunting and started to bring me with him. He hired hunters from Andy Dunne in Rathnew and I struck up a lifelong friendship with his daughter Mary. I bought my first horse in my 20’s and never looked back!