STUART NIE is another local rider who will be making his debut in the Mitsubishi Motors Cup at Badminton in May.

Former Cirencester Deer Park School pupil Nie qualified Ponte Vecchio for the B90 class with a fine result at Homme House near Ledbury in August.

That was the same competition where Crudwell's Jack Stancombe booked his place with a similar display on MGH Rococo.