[2] Her parents married in September 1915, and her father was killed in action on the Western Front in November 1916.
[1] Back home in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, she opened a riding school, and began a career in showjumping and exhibiting horses.
[1] Carruthers designed Spruce Meadows in Canada, "arguably the world's top permanent arena", and created and developed showjumping courses across Europe, in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Venezuela, Brazil, Ireland and the United States.
[3] From 1973 to 1982, Carruthers was responsible for designing the American Invitational's Grand Prix course at Tampa, Florida, the country's top showjumping competition.
[3] On 8 November 1939 she married RAF officer Huw Carruthers, in All Saints (Episcopal) Church, Lockerbie.