Great Britain's Para-equestrian dressage team came away with 13 medals, including six golds, to finish as the top nation at last year's World Championships in Gloucester.
The currency of circus imagery is established by a handful of other works inspired by the Cirque Fernando, including a Degas lithograph with pastel additions of a dog act and a delightful equestrian drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
So Robinson introduced McCausland to his wife Linda's good friend and equestrian pal, Stormy Byorum, who had logged 23 years at Citicorp, including a stint as chief financial officer for the Latin American Banking Group.