TOP eventer Sue Shortt says compatriot Steven Smith has the credentials to win the World Cup qualifier at this weekend’s Irish Horse Board Ballindenisk International Horse Trials.

COMPETITORS from six countries will saddle up in a bid for glory at the Irish Horse Board Ballindenisk Horse Trials next weekend.

EVENT rider Michael Ryan has no doubt it is his fiancée Patricia Donegan who will carry the flag for the pair in next week’s World Cup qualifier at the Irish Horse Board Ballindenisk International Horse Trials in Cork.

IRELAND’S Olympic long-listed rider, Austin O’Connor, is hoping his trip across the Irish Sea will reap dividends when he competes at Dartfield horse trials in Galway this week.