“PASSIONATE about horses”, that is how Anthony Doherty describes his late father Anthony, who was the owner and breeder of the ‘horse of the moment’, multiple National Grand Prix winner Crystal Tom.

“We aren’t a horsey family really. My dad was a butcher by trade here in Clonmany in Donegal, but his real interest lay in breeding sport horses. My abiding memory will be of him never being without the studbook in his hand, researching the best stallions to put his mare to,” Anthony Jnr told The Irish Field.