AFTER 30 odd rides between point-to-points and on the track, I was beginning to wonder if that first winner would ever come. So, you can imagine my relief, as well as excitement, when Thedancingfarrier finally put that right at Cork last week. Riding that winner for the Kiely family made it all the better, as they have been so good to me.

My father Walter (Power) trained a mix of point-to-pointers and horses for the track. I’d say it was kind of half-and-half between the two when I was growing up. Megamar is one of the earliest I can remember but he had a good few point-to-point winners with horses like Cathysalpha and De Faoithesdream. He later sold De Faoithesdream to my uncle Evan (Williams) who won six or seven races with him after.