Heartfelt tributes have been made to the outstanding Connemara stallion Silver Shadow, who died aged 27 on 11 October with his owners Liam Diamond and Dr Philip McManus and their families at his side.

Often when you are motoring across the broad bog of that distinct part of Ireland called Connemara, one of the final European fingers pointing to the long Atlantic miles Americaward, you see what look ...

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