Funding crux forces cancellation of Belfast show

The Belfast International Horse Show will not go ahead this year. The news broke yesterday, just a week after Scarvagh House Stud emerged as a white knight to banish doubts about the event’s future.
Funding crux forces cancellation of Belfast show
Fri, 14 Oct, 2005 - 01:00
John Tynan

The third running of the show at the Odyssey Arena was scheduled for December 1-4.

It is believed issues over funding were to blame.

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