IHRB Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Lynn Hillyer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), in collaboration with the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA), will introduce enhanced pre-race veterinary checks for the Galway Plate and Galway Hurdle, which means that trainers will be requested to submit detailed medication records for their horses in those races prior to declarations. Arising from the ongoing work of the EIIRRR [Equine Injury in Irish Racing Risk Reduction] Project, the IHRB continues to evolve and enhance its risk-based approach, with the first significant change implemented being the ongoing expansion of the IHRB's existing raceday...

The first hearing of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in front of a Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine began in Ireland on Thursday, with the IHRB defending itself rigorously. The IHRB has come under pressure recently regarding concerns over doping in Irish racing following Irish trainer Jim Bolger's claims in a newspaper interview that there would be a "Lance Armstrong" moment in the Irish industry. Irish Government committee members asked questions of Horse Racing Ireland's Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh, IHRB Chief Executive Denis Egan and IHRB Chief...