DESPITE Covid delays and due to a fantastic Christmas surprise, Catherine McDowell and her ‘horse of a lifetime’, It’s The King’s Speech, or ‘Bertie’ as he is known at home, are on their way to the Dublin Horse Show next week to take part in the Middleweight Hunter Class.

Catherine hails from Comber in Co Down and in addition to working full time for estate agent Tim Martin, (who himself is well known for showing horses in-hand), is Secretary of the Northern region of Eventing Ireland.