WE are almost certain little two-month-old Eleanor Cook is the youngest human to ever sit at the top table in a press conference at the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show. She is, of course, the daughter of Karl Cook and his wife Mackenzie Drazan Cook and was spotted by many around the RDS last week, when tucked onto her father in a carrier, including walking the course for the Grand Prix.

Following USA’s win in the Aga Khan Nations Cup and Karl’s exceptional double clear round with Caracole de la Roque, the proud dad introduced his daughter to her first press conference. “This is Eleanor, she is two months old. I go nowhere without her, unless I’m on the horse and eventually she will come there too.”