THE Annaghmore prefix is one that has become synonymous with quality Irish-bred sport horses and ponies over the past two decades.

Sinead Healion was born and raised in Annaghmore, Co Offaly, the second eldest of eight children, and she was pony mad from the very beginning. “I’m told my second word, after Daddy, was pony,” Healion told The Irish Field. “When I was three years old my Dad bought me the unbroken mare Jessie.