Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion

Mr. Ronan Corrigan:

A total of 62 horses have travelled to Belgium and trotted up this weekend at the Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses. In a couple of weeks, the eventers will head to Le Lion-d'Angers. Every year, we have come back with medals from Lanaken. We are at the top in the world and in Europe. We had two horses on the Aga Khan team. One of them is recognised as being one of the best horses in the world. That horse was produced here by an Irish rider, bred by an Irish person and, luckily enough, bought for an Irish rider. The evidence is that we can produce the riders and the horses. I go back to what I say all the time. If we were all working together, we could again have four horses on the team.