FitzGibbon aiming high

MENTION, as a by the way, that Nicola FitzGibbon is, perhaps, the new pin-up of Irish show jumping, and the head of fair hair is thrown back as she laughs in surprise, if not slight embarrassment.

To the 23-year-old, it may seem unbelievable, especially as she is still coming to terms with the fact that last month she lived the dream by making the Irish team at the recent Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show.

Denim-skirted and with a sense of the innocuous in her attire, there is no element of the diva, so it is easy to believe FitzGibbon when she dismisses any attempt to make a truism of the pin-up notion.