PHILIP McManus received a special gift recently when Galway artist and keen equestrian Rachel Parry presented the renowned ‘supervet’ with a portrait.

“During lockdown, my aunt and I decided we would take up a hobby, I took up painting and she took up drawing. Having not gone to art college, it was all trial and error. I just kept practising, trying new things and I would love to become a full-time artist one day,” said Rachel, who had a stand at Dublin Horse Show last year.