Jun 1, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 13 segments
The Open Book Podcast | Ep.06 The Irish Horse Board Open Book Podcast is back! This month, we’re delighted to be joined by two of the West’s most respected horsemen - Tiernan Gill and Vinny Duffy…
Vinny DuffyGuest
Tiernan GillGuestOpen Book Podcast HostHostTell me where it all began.
Jesus, where did it all go? Um, at the very beginning, my dad bought a house, uh, or sorry, built a house in, in Ballina, just outside Ballina, and there was about an, an acre of ground in it, okay? And that time there was no such thing as ride-on lawnmowers, and the acre of ground wanted to be a garden, and to push the lawnmower that much would take a lot of going.
And me dad had the driving school, and he had two Renault 5 cars, and they come back from the lessons in the evening, and I'd go in and get me mother's sweeping brush, and I'd put the brush over the wheels of the two cars and jump over and back, and that's exactly where it started, with a little pony called Beauty.
Oh, my gosh.
On the way.
And then your second pony.
Uh, we got a good pony then called Sandy, was a bit better, and then the first right pony was a pony called Joanna, and we bought that from a man called Frank Gordon.
Tell me where it all began.
Jesus, where did it all go? Um, at the very beginning, my dad bought a house, uh, or sorry, built a house in, in Ballina, just outside Ballina, and there was about an, an acre of ground in it, okay? And that time there was no such thing as ride-on lawnmowers, and the acre of ground wanted to be a garden, and to push the lawnmower that much would take a lot of going.
And me dad had the driving school, and he had two Renault 5 cars, and they come back from the lessons in the evening, and I'd go in and get me mother's sweeping brush, and I'd put the brush over the wheels of the two cars and jump over and back, and that's exactly where it started, with a little pony called Beauty.
Oh, my gosh.
On the way.
And then your second pony.
Uh, we got a good pony then called Sandy, was a bit better, and then the first right pony was a pony called Joanna, and we bought that from a man called Frank Gordon.
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