MARGARET RUNCIE
THIS leading figure in the UK equestrian world died on 23 December, aged 97.
Margaret Mary Power was born in Hertfordshire. Her interest in ponies started aged three, riding the family donkey, then she joined the Enfield Chace branch of the Pony Club to compete in showing, showjumping and cross-country. Leaving school in 1941, she spent two years keeping the Enfield Chace Hunt going in wartime, whipping-in and exercising hounds.
After wartime service in the Wrens, she studied dairy
