A liaison group for top-ranked show jumpers has been established following a meeting last Monday.

Padraig McCarthy was on the Irish team that scored an historic win in Boekelo last year and, while he feels a repeat could not be dismissed this weekend, he said the ground conditions at the Dutch fixture could make for a different scenario.

THE market for Irish horses in China is full of potential, Horse Sport Ireland chief executive Damian McDonald said yesterday, but he acknowledged a number of obstacles needed to be overcome.

AGRICULTURE officials will today have to account for their stance on a civil war among the breeders of traditional working horses which is threatening the survival prospects of an endangered species.