PROMINENT Irish Sport Horse breeders gathered at the Intercontinental Hotel on the opening morning of the 2019 Dublin Horse Show for The Irish Field’s ‘Breeders – the backbone are the industry’ event.

The sport horse industry in Ireland has over 14,000 breeders and is the largest driver of economic activity in rural Ireland for the sport horse sector. It accounts for 46% (6,446 people) of total employment in the industry.