Ruby Walsh: Issues arise, questions remain after the Tramore stable yard affair

For an organisation receiving over €9m per annum to spend on integrity, perhaps the IHRB could invest in a few cameras for the stable yards?

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Viking Hoard was ‘got at’ in Tramore on October 18, 2018. Actually, ‘nobbled’ was the word Lynn Hillyer, head of anti-doping and chief veterinary officer of the IHRB, used last Monday at a remote hearing of the IHRB’s referrals committee into the running and associated irregular gambling surrounding the horse’s run at Tramore on that date.

To simplify ‘got at’ or ‘nobbled’, it means someone knowingly sedated the horse before it ran in order to make sure it could not win. Why? Because cheating has always been the easiest way to win and when you have the platform to take bets, losers are as good as winners.