Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board
9:30 am
Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin:
It should have increased and will continue to increase to the extent that resources allow. As I mentioned earlier, it is important not just to take samples. On a race day we will always take a sample from the winner and we do pre-race testing on horses that are selected randomly. However, testing horses in their yard - not on a race day - is a very effective way of detecting the misuse of substances that may not still be in the horse's system on race day.
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