AN OUTSTANDING equestrienne, the Honourable Diana Conolly-Carew, Baroness Wrangel, will forever hold a place in the annals of Irish show jumping.

Sixty years ago, at the Dublin Horse Show of 1963, she was a member of the Irish team that captured the Aga Khan Cup, after a 14-year gap, and this was the first mixed military and civilian team to compete for Ireland in the competition. Riding the brilliant Barrymore, she joined Colonel Bill Ringrose (Loch An Easpaig), Tommy Wade (Dundrum) and Seamus Hayes (Goodbye) on the team, and they received the coveted trophy from President Eamon de Valera.