Margaret Runcie

Margaret Runcie born Margaret Mary Power (19 October 1925 – 23 December 2022) was a Scottish-based pony breeder who won 18 Gold Medals at the Royal Highland Show.

Life Runcie was born in Hatfield in Hertfordshire in 1925. She was known as "Midge" because of her size when she was a child. Her middle-class parents allowed her to use a trap pulled by "Buddy" the donkey. Her mother got her riding their donkey by the age of three and she later joined the Enfield Chace Pony Club.

Her early education was shaped by the second world war as she left school to look after hounds

She worked for the National Agricultural Advisory Service until her application for a scholarship was successful. She met her husband Ken Runcie on board the Queen Mary as she sailed to New York to take a master's degree at Columbia University. ) and Rosslyn Sweet Talk (born 1966

From 1961 she was the secretary of the Scottish Committee of the National Pony Society which she founded with two friends to improve the support for native breeds in Scotland.

Runcie was recognised in Scotland for her achievements.

Runcie died in December 2022.