Thomas Lyster (TL): How did you get involved in horse racing in the first place?

Kevin O’Ryan (KO’R): I am from a racing family. My dad was headman to Adrian Maxwell, then Jim Bolger for a year and then the late Mick O’Toole for 10 or 12 years. We moved to the Curragh when I was six years of age and I always wanted to be in racing. I have been going racing for as long as I can remember and it something I always wanted to do, mam and dad were very supportive, all they wanted was for myself and my brother “Mouse” [Aidan] O’Ryan who is now a bloodstock agent, to finish school and get the Leaving Certificate and as they always say, as long as you finish school, you can do whatever you want to do after that.