SPORT Ireland (SI) has confirmed the amount Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) would need to contribute to qualify for its current High Performance (HP) funding is €180,000. It comes after HSI confirmed it expects to generate €240,000 from the levy, based on previous annual international entries.

The total equates to approximately 5,300 FEI entries per year. HSI has previously confirmed the entire amount generated by the levy, including anything over the Sport Ireland contribution, will go to the HP programme, which, The Irish Field understands, cost in the region of €1.4m in 2025.