EI membership drops by 40% in just three years

EVENTING IRELAND (EI) chairman John Wright yesterday revealed that the organisation’s membership has dropped by almost 40% in just three years.

“Membership and registration of horses has fallen each year since 2008. The former has seen a drop amounting to almost 40% and lies at just under 1,000,” he said yesterday.

A startling statistic, but in contrast the downward trend in national-class entries has been reversed, while the number of events is also up considerably.