DENIS Lynch is a self-confessed pedigree nerd. “I have always been very very interested in the breeding side on all sorts of breeds, not just in jumping but also in racing, eventing and dressage. Pedigrees have always interested me as a whole,” said the Olympic show jumper and multiple five-star Grand Prix-winning rider.

The Tipperary native has long been associated with riding top-class stallions and he currently has a number of established and up and coming sires in his stable near Weert in The Netherlands, which led him to establishing a new business venture, Denis Lynch Elite Stallions, alongside his brother, Shay.