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
10-month suspension for causing reputational damage to racing to start on December 1st
Luke W Comer lodges appeal against one-year suspension of his training licence for causing reputational damage
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
Penalty imposed after social media clip of a dead horse being towed through village by Hanlon’s horsebox
Son of billionaire businessman Luke Comer suspended following discovery of decomposed horse carcases on his property in 2021
A total of five horses were euthanised after running over the first four days of the festival
Penalty is the biggest for a drugs offence ever handed out to a rider in Ireland
Co Meath trainer now suspended until October 16th after IHRB referrals hearing
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
Businessman’s ban will come into force on July 15th
IHRB CEO Darragh O’Loughlin tells PAC he cannot reveal why financial transfer took place ahead of Mazars report publication
Funds transferred in early 2022 and reversed three months later, states IHRB’s 2022 annual report
IHRB appealing ‘undue leniency’ of penalties imposed on billionaire businessman Luke Comer after dozen horses tested positive for anabolic steroids
Trainer can run two horses at Tipperary on Wednesday ahead of learning if he has secured a judicial review on Thursday
Suspension for breaching anti-doping rules in 2023 is due to come into force on Wednesday
Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board must must decide how best to respond to residual reputational knock to the sport from grim Luke Comer Jnr case
Martin originally received a suspended six-month sanction and was fined €11k over positive drug test on Firstman
Minimum €1,000 fine after Asian Master disqualified for failing drugs test gets waived
Trainer abused, intimidated and physically assaulted regulatory official at Cork in November
Aidan O’Brien points to Meydan’s Sheema Classic in March as return date for Auguste Rodin
Champion amateur jockey apologised for his conduct over incident involving his cousin Danny
Go for Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup, expect a particularly fraught build-up to the Grand National, and watch out for raw meat from Sinn Féin
Increased prize fund of €69.4m in place for Irish racing in 2024
IHRB confirms hearing will take place into incident involving trainer Thomond O’Mara at Cork in November
Horse Racing Ireland turn down budget request from IHRB for more money to fight anti-doping
Horse Racing Ireland allocates €17.3m to integrity services for 2024, an increase of 7%
No decision yet from regulator about potential appeal against Tony Martin penalties
Referrals committee also hand down six-month licence suspension but suspend it for two years
Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to appear before Oireachtas Agriculture Committee on Wednesday
Referrals panel rules that it can’t adjudicate in Yuften case in the absence of any evidence from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board
Regulator’s failure to present evidence in marathon Denis Hogan referral case appears dispiritingly slipshod
Trainer Denis Hogan describes regulator’s statement on long-running investigation as ‘self serving’
A number of charity funds administered by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board come under scrutiny
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