THE objectives for which Horse Sport Ireland was established are clearly set out in its constitution and encompasses its remit under the key pillars of High Performance Sport, Breeding and Production, Equestrian Sport and Recreation, Coaching and Education.

Under ‘Breeding and Production’, HSI’s constitution sets out the following:

  • To maintain the Irish Horse Register
  • To act as the national centralised body to enable DAFM licenced and approved Pedigree Studbooks to provide direct input to the national strategy of any matters they consider important for their part of the horse industry.
  • To act as the national centralised body to enable the largest sport horse breeder co-operatives, the Irish Horse Board and the Northern Ireland Horse Board to provide direct input to the Board of Horse Sport Ireland of any matters they consider important for their part of the horse industry.
  • To facilitate the ready exchange of ideas, stakeholder collaboration and information between members of the sport horse industry and provide opportunities for cross-fertilisation, promoting a united national front to approaches to government on sport horse industry issues.
  • To play an active role in devising and developing a national strategy document for medium-term and long-term development of the sport horse breeding industry in Ireland.
  • To ensure that the sport horse sector continues to make a significant economic contribution, through its national programmes and initiatives, but also ensuring that the contribution made is of a benefit socially and culturally and is deemed to be of national good.
  • To ensure coherence between breeding policies vis-a-vis the needs of the sport, high performance and leisure sides of the industry.
  • To encourage and co-ordinate improved breeding of horses and ponies generally, particularly of horses and ponies for competition in disciplines represented by the company.