It all began in a pub in January 2010. Paddy Dunning, the Dublin businessman, got talking to Owen Murphy. In the world according to Dunning, Murphy asked him to join forces to buy a horse called My Girl Anna. Dunning agreed, and in the pub, they decided to put the horse into training with Muredach Kelly. The conversation was heard by Alison Clancy, who was Murphy’s partner at the time. Dunning contends that he and Murphy were to be equal co-owners of the horse and that no other party was mentioned as being in any way involved. In February 2010,…

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