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Ruby Walsh: Heads have to roll after deeply troubling week 

On page 69 of the IHRB annual report, on the right-hand side, on a side note, it read: 'In January 2022, a transfer of €350,000 was made from the Jockeys Emergency Fund to the IHRB; this was subsequently reversed in April 2022.'
Ruby Walsh: Heads have to roll after deeply troubling week 

Prime Time did horses a favour; it opened people’s eyes to how a section breaks the rules.

WHAT a week. Just under 12 months ago, Darragh O’Loughlin stated on Racing TV that a matter of grave financial concern had been discovered within the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), and his chief financial officer had been put on leave. Yesterday, we learned why.

On page 69 of the IHRB annual report, on the right-hand side, on a side note, it read: “In January 2022, a transfer of €350,000 was made from the Jockeys Emergency Fund to the IHRB; this was subsequently reversed in April 2022.”

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