Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed)

5:30 pm

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)

At the time, there were allegations that there were certain ways of boosting a horse and we inquired into them at the meeting. A shot could be given to the horse that would only last for a certain time and would not show up if it was tested afterwards. The IHRB was considering a way of testing horses at the starting point of a race. Was that ever done?

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