There’s only one way this HRI saga can end

It’s the story that runs and runs, and continues to project an unfavourable image of Irish racing.

The reappointment of Brian Kavanagh for an unprecedented third term as chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland has been controversial and, one imagines, somewhat disconcerting for the main protagonists.

The facts are pretty simple. HRI is a semi-state body and government guidelines recommend that the Chief Executive of such organisations should serve just one term in office.