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I live in Garristown, north Co Dublin, near Ashbourne in Co Meath. I started riding ponies when I was younger. I did a lot of hunting with the Ward Union Hunt and Fingal Harriers Hunt, and then I got into the Ward Union Pony Club. My brother, my two younger sisters and I all did the pony club for a good couple of years. We did eventing and show jumping and everything.
Ballydoyle hype horse divides opinion again
Emma Nagle, Johnny Ward and Paddy Flood look back on a busy week of top-class racing from York, Newbury, Naas and beyond.
By Stuart Howden - STAR GLORY caught the eye when rattling home on his Curragh debut and should now play a leading role. He came from the rear of the field with a furlong to run to finish a never nearer sixth behind the gambled-on winner Immortal Guard and the experience will certainly stand to him now. Hanney Boy also shaped up well when second to the well-fancied Edward Thatch over five furlongs here at the beginning of the month and the extra distance now is sure to suit. Among the newcomers to note are Switching Sides and Cromane.%A0