LAST Friday week, to mark the opening of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend, Ambassador Patricia O’Brien, in conjunction with Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, hosted a prestigious reception for the Irish-French equestrian sectors at the Irish Embassy in Paris.

The purpose of this embassy event is to build relationships between French horse trainers, jockeys and industry professionals and Enterprise Ireland client companies; to generate positive word of mouth for Irish equine companies within the French equine community; to create awareness of Ireland’s innovative capabilities in the equine world and to accelerate existing exports to France for Irish clients in the equine sector.