THE decision to finally draw a line under Horse Sport Ireland’s controversial plans to relocate to Greenogue Equestrian Centre in Rathcoole, Co Dublin and construct a Centre of Excellence there for the industry hardly comes as a surprise.

While the brainchild of this idea was - and still is - a very worthy one for the Irish sport horse industry to embrace in the future, all the proverbial boxes have to be well ticked on the key considerations such as cost, consensus, and overall suitability.