AMONG those influential people in Irish equestrianism who died in 2024 was Richard Tolerton, whose death was announced on August 6th.

Predeceased by his wife Elizabeth and survived by his son James and daughter Margaret (Creighton), Richard was a stockman through and through, being raised on a dairy farm, Holborn Hall, outside Lisburn, where his parents also kept ponies for Richard to ride and he reared piglets as well.