TIMING is everything.” That is a phrase used multiple times by Susan Fitzpatrick when we spoke this week. And she knows. The Kilkenny show jumper seems years ahead of her young age of 21, with her business brain firmly attached and riding skills envied all over the world.

The decision made by Susan and her parents, Joe and Sharon, to sell the then nine-year-old Fellow Castlefield to Greek shipping heiress Athina Onassis in 2019 after a fourth place finish in the five-star Dublin Grand Prix was perfect timing. Although agonisingly tough at the time, could they have predicted a global pandemic would scupper the majority of high level competition in 2020, the decision would have been made easier.