THE HRI press release issued in the last weeks brought very good news for the point-to-point sector. It confirmed that there would be a 16% increase in funding for the sport, which is in line with the increase in funds received by HRI in Budget 2015 last October. This will bring the level of support for the year 2015 close to €1.5 million.

The most important increase pertains to the grant received by the hunt clubs for staging meetings. This will help to keep these meetings afloat and possibly improve the facilities both for the attendees and more importantly for the equines.