HRI to invest €1m in increasing stabling capacity

The fund allows racecourses to avail of a grant of 40% of the cost of the construction of additional stable boxes and is similar to previous racecourse capital development programmes which have produced very positive results, both customer and industry facing, at so many racecourses

The Board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has approved a fund of €1m to assist racecourses to increase their stabling capacity.

‘One stable per horse’ was a key requirement as part of the industry’s Covid-19 protocols to ensure that stable staff could comply with social distancing guidelines and to deliver on greater equine infection control measures, as well as being a key goal in the HRI Strategic Plan launched for the industry last March.