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Nicholas O'Hare is a professional writer who had a dual career in the Irish horse industry for over forty years. As a breeder, stallion owner and proprietor of a riding stables and dealing yard he amassed a great knowledge of horses and the sport horse industry and applied this knowledge to a talent for writing. He has contributed to publications all over the world on equine topics and has published a weekly column in the Irish Field, Ireland's equestrian newspaper since 1976. read more.

King of Diamonds

Ireland's most famous performance stallion. The latest data from the Irish Sport Horse Studbook discloses that the King of Diamonds line remains the most influential... read more.

The Modern Irish Draught

This book is about the Draught as it is today. It has been compiled from notes kept over a period of years by the author and from accounts submitted
by breeders and... read more.

The Irish Sport Horse

Ireland has been renowned as a horse breeding county for centuries. Now the military buying commissions of other days have gone and been replaced by... read more.

The Modern Connemara

This is a book about one of Ireland's national treasures - the Connemara pony. It is a book with a mission - to seek out performance in a breed which seems to... read more.

Pillars of Irish Horsebreeding

Nicholas O'Hare has been
writing about the Irish horse industry for thirty-five years. Pillars of Irish Horsebreeding is the fifth book in his series on the industry, its... read more.
The Thoroughbred in Sport Horse Breeding

The Thoroughbred horse has been the backbone of Irish breeding for centuries. This book traces the influences of the throughbred... read more.