Legend Taaffe the ultimate gentleman

I’m going to go back to my RTÉ days for my best interview.

I was always very interested in horse racing. My best interview is one I had the honour of doing with one of my idols in sport, the late great Pat Taaffe who famously rode Arkle, probably the greatest steeplechaser of all time.

The Arkle era was the mid 60s and I got to meet him relatively soon after that. I think the year was 1975.