World famous show jumping stallion Cruising has been cloned

One of the best jumping stallions ever bred in Ireland, has been cloned.

'Cruising' won Grand Prix all over Europe and jumped on winning Nations Cups teams for Ireland in the late 1990s.

He also sired some world famous horses.

Cruising died in late 2014, aged 29, shortly after being paraded at the RDS Dublin Horse Show to his many adoring fans.

Caitriona Murphy of the Irish Field says the cloned foals were born in 2012 and have been hidden at Hartwell Stud since then.