Mr. Brian Kavanagh:

We have had wonderful support from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Brexit. It is positive in a way in that through the Department we have gone to the European Commission and explained our concerns around the tripartite agreement and the disappearance of the free movement of horses. At the moment, horses can move between Britain, France and Ireland without any documentation, veterinary checks or financial tariffs. It is because the governments are satisfied that there are adequate disease control measures or disease prevention and veterinary standards in each of those countries that there is no risk in someone moving a high health racehorse from here to France. It does not expose any threat of disease. When that falls away, we are looking to get Britain under European animal health law. As long as those criteria that justify free movement are replicated and there is alignment of regulatory standards, there will be free movement.