The Guv'nor was hard at work, sending out the winners
The older horses used the watered gallop on Racecourse Side
Two-year-olds also worked on the watered gallop (Soggy Dollar and Tevez above) & those that had not been on a racetrack were stepped up a gear (like Kuriyama, below)
The first crop of yearlings, bought at the sales,
were settling in at Garrowby Stud
before being broken-in
We had an interview with Liam Cashman of Rathbarry Stud. Stallions such as Barathea, Acclamation, Namid and Tagula all stand at his well-respected stud in Ireland.
"Liam, Catherine and their family have built up Rathbarry over the years in to the top establishment that it is today. He is a professional through and through - every aspect of the horse world is covered with utmost expertise," said Mark.
Your favourite virtue: Honesty
Your favourite qualities in a man: Loyalty, honesty, grafter
Your favourite qualities in a woman: Loyalty
Your biggest flaw: Too soft!
Your chief characteristic: Hard worker
Your idea of happiness: A month's holiday in Kinsale!
Your idea of misery: Working outside in bad weather
If not yourself, who would you be: Luciano Pavarotti
Your hero: Mother Teresa of Culcutta
Your favourite motto: 'Hard work never killed anyone'
Name four people (past or present) to join you for dinner: My late parents, my wife, Catherine, and Joe O'Flynn
Your favourite horse: Finsceal Beo - my first home-bred Group 1 winner
Your favourite race: The Grand National
Your favourite racecourse: Cheltenham
Your best day’s racing: Gold Cup Day Cheltenham 2006, to see War of Attrition (by Presenting) winning the Gold Cup.