SHEILA Lavery has made a steady impact in the training ranks since she took out a licence just over four years ago. She enjoyed considerable success as the purchaser and owner of Viztoria before she took the plunge and took out her licence in 2012.

She described herself as “a crap pinhooker” and explained,”I went into partnership with my brother John, but when it came to sell them as yearlings, they didn’t do that well.”