Sir, – David Loughlin understates the incentives on offer to racehorses (Letters, March 16th). The whip is the least of it.
Lose, and you could end up in a dodgy burger. Win, and you could be put out to stud.
I can’t imagine a more stark incentive system. – Yours, etc,
FRANK NEENAN,
READ MORE
Protestant churches face a day of reckoning with North’s inquiry into mother and baby homes
Pat Leahy: Smart people still insist the truth of a patent absurdity – that Gerry Adams was never in the IRA
The top 25 women’s sporting moments of the year: 25-6 revealed with Mona McSharry, Rachael Blackmore and relay team featuring
Former Tory minister Steve Baker: ‘Ireland has been treated badly by the UK. It’s f**king shaming’
Carlow.