WE HAVE all become accustomed to USA-based Irish riders winning competition after competition on American-owned horses, but what about a rider who is based in Tipperary that is doing exactly the same thing thanks to owner Mary Ellen De Ruschi?

Greg Broderick is fortunate that his talent was brought to the attention of a worldwide audience when he partnered the Irish-bred gelding MHS Going Global at the Rio Olympics in 2016, but it seems that this talent had been recognised years earlier by De Ruschi, who is based in Pennsylvannia.