IN its 2021 Budget Submission to Government, Horse Sport Ireland laid out a comprehensive case calling for far greater support for the Irish Sport Horse sector in order for the industry to reach its full potential.

In a press release yesterday, Horse Sport Ireland argues that at current Government support levels of €4.5 million per annum, the industry is “hugely under-funded”. It called for increased Government funding of €5.9 million to support a wide range of vital initiatives and capital projects funding of €9.4 million for 2021.