Happily out of Fillies' Mile

I'm from Downpatrick, Co Down and I started riding ponies when I was four-years-old. I went up through Pony Club and then I went to the Horse Sport Ireland Youth Eventing High Performance program. In the process of doing that, I left school and needed a job riding out in the mornings before I did my own horses. I went to Brian Hamilton's in Downpatrick and and built up my interest in racing from there. I really enjoyed the galloping and jumping. After having experience of eventing, going cross country and the show jumping, I thought it helped me with the jumping and schooling of the racehorses.

Trainer Ado McGuinness has decided on the Bold Lad Handicap at the Curragh on Irish Champions Weekend rather than a trip to Ayr with sprinter Dark Ace. The four-year-old son of Soldier's Call has notched up some impressive successes in both Ireland and the UK, but McGuinness feels his next likely target will be the Curragh.

Successful earlier with Femme Magnifique at Wexford, Harry Kelly made it an across-the-cards double on Friday evening when his newcomer Hutton Star (13/2) struck in the Hovis Ireland (Mares) INH Flat Race at Down Royal.