WESTMEATH horseman Vincent Holian is due to make his English showing debut next Saturday when he partners Rufina Shiel Mullen’s homebred Madame Stella in the small hunter class at the Royal International Horse Show in Hickstead.

Rufina, Vincent and Paul Mullen are driving over on Wednesday to meet up with 16-year-old Ciara Mullen who is gaining experience this summer working at the Yorkshire yard of leading show horse producers Adam Forster and David Jinks. Ciara has been competing with Madame Stella in intermediate classes but, on Tuesday, Adam was on board the Irish Draught mare when she won the small hunter class, a HOYS qualifier, at The Scottish Show outside Edinburgh.