A NEW venue with some new thinking. Having recently returned to Ireland armed with all he learned and experienced in Europe, Patrick Delaney and his wife Jessica run Garranemore Equestrian in Co Limerick, where the shows they run and the young horses they produce are attracting plenty of attention from Ireland’s equestrian community.

“I grew up here in Pallasgreen. I began riding in an equestrian centre, Hillcrest, with Roddy O’Donnell,” Patrick told The Irish Field. “I began competing when I was about age 10. I didn’t really compete in ponies, my first pony was a trotter and she competed up to 1.20m.