A CHAT amongst the international journalists in the media centre at the five-star CHI Al Shaqab horse show last week revealed that some people actually think that Galway show jumper Michael Duffy and Mayo show jumper Michael G. Duffy are in fact the same person!

It doesn’t help clarify matters when they are inseparable at most shows, almost the same age (24 and 23), both tall with fair hair, and speaking in the same west of Ireland lingo.