THE strength of the buzz around the RDS during Dublin Horse Show 2012 after the Irish team triumphed to win the Aga Trophy still remains fresh in the memory and from that brilliant team performance, one name stood out. The sensational double clear performance of Clem McMahon’s Pacino was on everyone’s lips that weekend around the showgrounds.

Long after the stacks of the triumphant edition of The Irish Field flew off our stand on that Saturday, people were still clamouring for it and we had to hold tightly onto the very last copy which was for Clem’s thrilled mother Maureen. The excitement about the Aga Khan hero that was Pacino was enormous and still brings a tear to the eye.