CHAIRMAN of the Sport Horse Alliance group, Barry O’Connor, told the Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee that they were not before them seeking tax breaks or subsidies.

Calculating that every sport horse generated at least €7,500 per year back into the industry, the estimated 20,000 sport horses generated an estimated spend of €140 million from “Dingle to Donegal”, according to O’Connor, who said the sport horse spend goes “right around the country.”