Irish-bred horses continue to dominate the world of eventing, topping the latest yearly rankings by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH), which were issued on Monday.

Horse Sport Ireland last week inadvertently put up on its website a draft copy of the much-anticipated sport horse industry strategy, titled Reaching New Heights.

Top performances at the London Olympics, a Rolex FEI Show Jumping World Cup win, and Ireland reclaiming first place in world studbook eventing rankings, were reflected at the presentation of the Horse Sport Ireland 2012 Breeders’ Awards.

Equestrian facilities are to be developed at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin, Horse Sport Ireland has confirmed.

IRISH Horse Board director general Nicholas Finnerty concedes that genetic evaluation is not perfect, because results from other countries cannot be included in the Irish system, but says the board is working with European-based organisations to gain access to competition data from abroad.