Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Billionaire businessman Luke Comer – whose Comer group still sponsors the Irish St Leger – lost his training licence for three years after most extensive doping scandal in Irish racing history
Fri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
10-month suspension for causing reputational damage to racing to start on December 1st
Thu Sept 12 2024 - 17:37
Luke W Comer lodges appeal against one-year suspension of his training licence for causing reputational damage
Sat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
The future for racehorses after they stop racing? Racing's authorities must establish the scale of the issue before appropriate measures to address it are attempted
Fri Sept 06 2024 - 06:00
Penalty imposed after social media clip of a dead horse being towed through village by Hanlon’s horsebox
Thu Sept 05 2024 - 17:51
Son of billionaire businessman Luke Comer suspended following discovery of decomposed horse carcases on his property in 2021
Fri Aug 30 2024 - 17:03
A total of five horses were euthanised after running over the first four days of the festival
Fri Aug 02 2024 - 16:19
Penalty is the biggest for a drugs offence ever handed out to a rider in Ireland
Fri Jul 26 2024 - 18:37
Co Meath trainer now suspended until October 16th after IHRB referrals hearing
Thu Jul 18 2024 - 17:31
Leaving it to individual owners to do right thing by horses after their racing career is finished is an unsustainable each-way bet for racing's authorities
Fri Jul 05 2024 - 06:00
Businessman’s ban will come into force on July 15th
Thu Jun 27 2024 - 18:26
IHRB CEO Darragh O’Loughlin tells PAC he cannot reveal why financial transfer took place ahead of Mazars report publication
Thu Jun 20 2024 - 14:46
Funds transferred in early 2022 and reversed three months later, states IHRB’s 2022 annual report
Fri Jun 14 2024 - 17:51
IHRB appealing ‘undue leniency’ of penalties imposed on billionaire businessman Luke Comer after dozen horses tested positive for anabolic steroids
Tue May 21 2024 - 06:00
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