DEMAND for good horses has never been stronger although concern was flagged up on the over-reliance of the key North American market, last week’s Teagasc’s National Equine Conference at the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick was told.

Under the chairmanship of renowned horse breeder Dr Noel Cawley, the expert panel of Galway’s Richard Bourns of Bourns Sport Horses, KWPN’s breeding director Ralph van Venrooij and Harrie Theeuwes of Stud 111 and Auction 111, gave the audience an insight into some key marketing and commercial considerations of the global equine business.