THERE was a large attendance at this week’s Equine Welfare Seminar, hosted at the Irish National Stud and chaired by editor of The Irish Field, Leo Powell.

It’s clear from Lissa Oliver’s report (see A15), that equine welfare is a concern that affects everyone and every sector of the Irish racing and sport horse industry and it may be unpopular to say it, but much of the responsibility for equine welfare breaches and neglect falls more to the sport horse industry with all the varying levels it encompasses right through from donkeys, ponies, cobs to horses.