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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Robert Hynes

Horse cloned from skin cells of Irish showjumping great that was worth millions

An Irish showjumper has revealed he has managed to clone a horse from the skin cells of a stallion that was worth millions in his prime.

Pacino was part of the Irish team that won the Aga Khan trophy at the Dublin Horse Show in 2012, but the stallion died a few months later.

Clem McMahon partnered Pacino at that event, saying that he was an "unbelievable horse" and did things that were "nearly unheard of".

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