It takes a certain type of character to make it as a jockey. Many would say you’d need a screw loose to even contemplate it as a career but for those that do take up the challenge it has the potential to be a very lucrative occupation.

I train in Beechmount House in Rathkeale. My parents were there 50 years and unfortunately both of them passed away through Alzheimers. I bought it off my brothers and sisters after they did.