‘Colreevy is extra special. It means that little bit more’

Hurricane Darwin, Spider Web, Runfordave and January Jets were all multiple victors but Colreevy has been the best, in terms of quantity (seven from 13) as well as quality. She is the only one the Flynns kept, because as a mare, that is the model.

Colreevy and Danny Mullins jump the last to win the Grade 1 Matchbook Faugheen Novice Steeplechase at Limerick on St Stephen's Day last year. Picture: Healy Racing

In the heady days of the early 90s, Whitechurch Hotel had more than enough distractions of a Saturday night and Sunday morning.

But long before the bar was in danger of closing, before moves would be busted to such diverse ditties as Enjoy The Silence, Birdhouse In Your Soul, Step On and Put ‘Em Under Pressure, before the DJ reduced the tempo and raised the temperature with the likes of Nothing Compares 2U, Unchained Melody, Sacrifice and It Must Have Been Love, this wide-eyed innocent often stopped to look at the photographs.