Equine therapy helps four-year-old Fiadh with Down syndrome take major developmental steps

Equine therapy at the new Jack de Bromhead Equine Centre is strengthening Fiadh’s mobility, confidence and communication as she works toward her first steps

A delighted Fiadh Brennan on board Romeo at the Jack de Bromhead Equine Centre. Family and friends of the 13-year-old jockey who died at Glenbeigh Races in Kerry funded the new centre.  Picture: Moya Nolan

Evelyn Brennan is understandably excited at the possibility of watching her four-year-old daughter Fiadh take her first steps.

Having undergone open-heart surgery at just nine months old, Fiadh has yet to reach the same milestones as so many of her peers with Down syndrome.