Mr. Denis Duggan:

My colleague, Dr. Egan, answered some of those questions. Very briefly, on the issue of age, it is my understanding that the footage to which the Senator is referring is regarding an Irish sport horse, which would have been registered as a particular age in our studbook. In effect, that horse was re-passported and sold to Sweden. I think that is the footage to which the Senator is referring. It is my understanding that in Sweden one can insure a horse once it is under a certain age. Under those circumstances, that might have been the motivation to re-passport the horse and knock a few years off its age.