Sportscience the way forward for riders, says Wall

Horse Sport Ireland’s (HSI) new chairman, Patrick Wall, wants riders to return to college.

The associate professor of public health at UCD believes sport science is the key for riders aiming for top honours and yesterday he said he was working on making it more accessible.

“As much effort should be put into developing the rider as occurs with the horse and HSI is focussing on this, particularly in terms of sport science,” said Wall.