AUGUST is a particularly hectic month in the Irish Sport Horse Industry calendar and one that pays back State investment into our vibrant sector in spades.

The successive underdog when it comes to Central Exchequer funding, the powers that be should sit up and take notice that the flagship five-star Dublin Horse Show, Millstreet International Horse Show, Clifden’s Connemara Pony Festival combined this month alone will pump over €60 million into Ireland’s economy.