IT doesn’t matter where you’re based. If someone likes the way you ride, the way you produce young horses, they’re going to send you the horse,” said Olive Clarke, who, like Cathal Daniels, is another Tynagh Pony Club graduate to have carved out their own niche in the horse world.

“I suppose for Cathal he’s doing a lot of international travel. His horses are older, he has Rua and Sammy, he needs to be closer to the ports,” she remarked on the brilliant young event rider’s
decision to relocate to Kildare. “If I had an event horse, I’d be sending it to Cathal. He’s gifted and just the nicest young guy.