What is the most memorable

moment of your career to date and why?

Cian O’Connor: Being a part of the Irish team that won gold at this year’s European Championship, as for the first time in my memory the team management and the riders worked as one and pulled off a major feat together.

Greg Broderick: Undoubtedly my first Aga Khan. It was always a goal of mine to be double clear on a winning team in Dublin. The build-up for the week in Dublin, the atmosphere on the day and jumping two clear rounds in front of your home crowd, I have to say was a memorable day and not much like it.

If you could buy any horse in the world, currently competing or retired, which one would it be and why?

CO’C: I feel so lucky to have come across Good Luck and brought him to the top level. I couldn’t have wished for a better one, a horse of a lifetime.

GB: Hard to look past my old team mate MHS Going Global, but as an alternative it would have to be Fit for Fun... easy to ride, scopey, careful and fast... ticks all the boxes!

If you weren’t a professional show jumper what would you be?

CO’C: I like trading in horses – the deal making and all that goes with it. So I guess doing that in some form.

GB: It would have to be something in

sales... I really like the buying and selling part of the business as well as the riding... I get great satisfaction out of making a deal!

What is your favourite show and why?

CO’C: Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of any sport and it’s always in my mind as to the place I want to excel.

GB: There are so many great shows like Aachen and Spruce Meadows but Dublin is still the week I really want to win classes.

Who is the horse you owe most to in your career?

CO’C: Blue Lloyd. We won Olympic bronze together in London and because of him I had the opportunity to travel to North America and coach his new rider at the time, Nikki Walker. That move has opened so many doors for me since.

GB: Undoubtedly MHS Going Global. He done so much for me in every way possible.

It was great to have got him so young. I had a great relationship with the horse from a young age and to have sold him at 10 years old having achieved a lot.

I was very lucky that Canadian-based Lee Kruger, who owned Junior with me, gave me the opportunity to keep him in Ballypatrick until after the Olympics and he certainly has gone to a good home.

Which of your horses have taught you the most?

CO’C: Waterford Crystal – one of the greatest I ever had who brought me all over the world and jumped so many clears in the biggest Nations Cups.

GB: In my younger days I had a very sharp horse called Esperanza that I won a lot of National Grands Prix with. He was very talented but very hot and tricky. I learned a lot from working with that horse.

Who is the person that your operation couldn’t run without?

CO’C: Ross Mulholland has been with me the longest of all my team. He’s an exceptional guy in that he helps me from the ground, can coach Lillie (Keenan) to win an Aga Khan and he also won the four-star Grand Prix in Hamburg this year when he borrowed Callisto while I was injured.

He is quiet but confident and knows how I think which makes him an incredibly trustworthy guy to have in my corner.

GB: There are a lot of important people in our team at Ballypatrick and, so I’m definitely not going to say just one! However, I would like to thank them all for their hard work in helping us be so successful.