The turnaround between this week’s Millstreet International Horse Show CSI2* and next week’s International Eventing fixture is very tight but the Duggan family and their huge team of workers and volunteers are undaunted by the challenge.

Millstreet’s Thomas Duggan told The Irish Field: “It’s a huge challenge alright to host and deliver two such big events, it’s a new thing for us to do it together, the calendar fell that way and while it required a lot of pre-prep work and planning, we are in good shape for it. There is a great crowd of competitors and visitors here for Millstreet Horse Show. It’s great to see it. We have enjoyed bumper entries this week, easily in the region of 7,000 entries this week alone, record numbers.