WITH all of the main yards that I ride for having their horses in peak form, I’ve had my best ever season in terms of winners. At the moment, I am on 53 for the campaign but with still a couple of weeks left to run, I’d be hoping to add to that number before the end of April. I’ve been based in Britain since 2007 and am enjoying my race-riding as much as ever.

Horses had always been in the family. Both my parents rode point-to-point winners and a few under rules as amateurs. My uncle Tommy Carmody was a very successful champion jockey. So, you can see that racing was in my blood. I started off on ponies at home, before going on to hunt with the Duhallow. As a family, we went to the local point-to-points around Cork or Waterford every Sunday.