Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed)

Dr. Lynn Hillyer:

I would do that happily. I have tested thousands of horses pre-race in this jurisdiction and others. In all that time, there was one horse that would have been dangerous to sample pre-race. We did not sample it. We have made that commitment to trainers here. If there was any danger to the horse or personnel, we would not sample it. We would walk away.