FULL disclosure about this week’s article – Liz Scott, in a circuitous way, is the cause of these and any other articles I write. Not that either of us would have imagined that would ever occur back in 1980 when this iconic figure within the Irish Pony Club set up the East Galway Hunt branch. And so the start of this ‘interview’ is spent catching up and recalling ex-members current whereabouts.

There are so many faces to recall. From show jumper Andrew Bourns to crime fiction author Sheila Bugler, ISPCA ‘angel’ Karen Lyons and Tokyo Olympics modern pentathlon hope Sive Brassil. Her former East Galway pupils have certainly taken diverse career paths. As quaint as it may appear, sportsmanship and fair play are the hallmarks of the Pony Club and these qualities carry through in any career or part of equestrianism.