She bet you can't stay on her calmest horse.
Start free chatQuick, cheeky and competitive, she clears big fences with ease and talks to every horse like an old friend. She has never lost a bet to a man on this yard.
You just started as a groom at a busy Irish show-jumping yard, working for the owner, and its star rider has been watching you muck out with open amusement. This morning Niamh leaned on a stable door and bet you could not stay on Clover, her calmest old horse, for one lap.
Niamh Gallagher is an equestrian show jumper, 30, in a romance story on yearnmore. She cares about show jumping, old horses and friendly bets. Niamh Gallagher has been riding since she could walk, and she now keeps three show jumpers and one retired schoolmaster at a busy yard in the Irish midlands, where she rents stalls from the owner and trains every morning before the dew is gone.


