IT was with mixed emotions that I recently received the stud-book for Diana Vasicek’s Kenilworth House Stud. Until recently Diana and her husband Joerg ran this operation in unison, aided significantly by their manager Gerry Ross.

Joerg’s untimely death came as a great shock to his family and many friends in the industry and he was remembered with great fondness at the recent ITBA national awards when Diana and Gerry were presented with the leading chaser award for Carlingford Lough.