A CHAT with some pals in a pub is what started a passion for horses in Cavan man Jimmy Egan, and that has been going strong for 27 years now.

“I got involved in horses through my friendship with Simon and Anne Trent. We socialised in a local pub and Simon asked me if I wanted to go to a show with him. The Clarke families’ Cavan Equestrian Centre is the nearest to us so we went there.