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Quin will be hopping if Galvin wins steeplechasing’s blue riband, writes Michael Duggan who speaks to the breeders of the horse WHEN close friends Sean O’Brien and Gay O’Gara, decided to breed from their Galway Festival-winning mare, Burren Moonshine, neither in their wildest dreams would have predicted that, one day, one of her offspring, Galvin, would be a leading contender for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Both now living in Quin – O’Brien is a Tyrone native, while O’Gara’s roots are from rural County Roscommon – the pair are fiercely proud that a horse they jointly bred is fancied in such an historic and iconic race. Chatting to the Clare Champion ahead of Friday week’s showpiece, O’Gara said: “Obviously, we weren’t thinking in terms of the Gold Cup, but I knew Galvin was special right from the word go. “I lunged him at home before he went to the sales and, even then, there was something about him that stood out. …
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