Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. David Doyle:

It can be anything. They can be ex-racehorses. It is hard to get the right one. We follow a horse buying programme, so we have 25 ponies and horses, from ex-racehorses to ex-show jumpers, to one horse that changed hands for more than €1 million. It is of no more value to have than the batty pony. They go through a training programme of about nine months, and I suppose that is why when we were looking, and other people were expanding, we said we would help them with that side. It is important, and it is also important from an equine rescue situation. What happens with ex-racehorses? People might not consider us, but up to now we have had three ex-racehorses, which have won a substantial number of races. They have worked out really well. We have the same meas on the batty pony that we take from the rescue people. Not all of them make it is what I am trying to say, and there is a nine month period before any child or adult gets up on one. However, there are plenty there.

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