Getting into Caretaker’s Cottage has always been tough, even prior to its consistent appearances on the annual World’s 50 Best Bars list. Good news: this younger sibling is bigger, brighter and (even) happier to lean into chaos.

Sherry is the main event, with a rotating cast of local and Spanish available by the glass or bottle on a given day (“enough to keep it exciting”). Still, Three Horses is first and foremost a cocktail bar – albeit one that relies on minimal components. The Jabberwock, essentially a Martini seasoned with dry sherry, is poured tableside with a gold horse swizzle stick. A mango G&T comes with house-made sorbet, whipped to order and served in a stainless steel coupe.

The fit-out was handled by Stirling’s architect sister, Thandi Stirling. There’s custom joinery; a three-metre technicolour painting of wild horses by Stirling’s aunt, artist Liz Stirling; and one-of-a-kind Pitt & Giblin speakers from Hobart that the team have jauntily nicknamed the Ponies and the Dingoes. Music is on vinyl, just like at the Cottage, but here the team only plays whole albums.