From pollinator strips to energy: How Irish horse racing is looking to greener pastures

DESIR DU LARGE and Shane Fitzgerald jump the last to win the Tote Galway Races Maiden Hurdle in 2021. Picture: Healy Racing.

Thousands of people will flock to next week’s Galway Races just as their ancestors have done since 1864.

But this year, against a background of global heatwaves, and the effects of climate change, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has set out its plan and progress so far in improving the sector's environmental sustainability.