Tech aid will keep eye on horses’ health

AN innovation driven Irish company which has already introduced cows to cloud computing is now set to transform the health monitoring of racehorses with world-class technology.

Alanya, based at the Rubicon Centre in the Cork Institute of Technology Campus at Bishopstown, has researched and developed a hand-held device that will instantly tell trainers if there is a problem with any of their horses.

The nightmare for any stable is to have a horse return from the morning exercise gallops with the work rider or jockey reporting that something was not right with the animal.