SOMETHING I follow in business is I always listen to my gut.” After several successful years of competing and producing event horses, this is one of the many things Co Wicklow native Leila Barker has picked up along the way.

“I grew up in Bray, Co Wicklow and now live in Enniskerry. I don’t come from a horsey family. My parents and sisters are involved in the film business, my dad is a director, my mum is a casting agent and my sisters are wardrobe and hair,” Barker tells The Irish Field.