HOLLY Smith loves Ireland. It was here that the British show jumper found Dougie Douglas, the horse that “changed my life”, and being part of the winning British team in the Aga Khan Trophy last August is among her career highlights.

It was 2009 when Holly travelled to Goresbridge to get some “better horses” to produce and sell. She had always been a grafter and when meeting her future husband, Graham Smith, she began concentrating on a career with horses.