Bookmakers off course with HRI criticism

THE Irish Bookmakers’ Association got it all wrong having a go at Horse Racing Ireland during the week, complaining about an increase in expenditure over the course of 10 years.

They were putting in all these figures but they seem to have forgotten was that there has been a huge level of improvement at a lot of the racecourses and stable yards in that time as a result of that expenditure.

Leopardstown, Fairyhouse and Punchestown are just some examples of courses where significant improvements have been made, improvements that were very badly needed.