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Trainer Comer suspended and ordered to pay €750k costs

Trainer Luke Comer has been given a three-year suspension by the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board and hit with costs of over €750,000 after 12 of his horses were found to have failed drug tests.

Racing • 14 Sep 23

McGuinness fined after horse not submitted for testing

Trainer Adrian McGuinness has been fined by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board for failing to present a horse for a sample post-race following a request from an official.

Racing • 23 Aug 22

Full IHRB statement on Elliott controversy

On Monday, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board published its full findings of the investigation into the photo of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse.

Racing • 09 Mar 21

Elliott has licence suspended for six months

Gordon Elliott has been suspended from training for 12 months, with six months suspended, and ordered to pay costs of €15,000, following his Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board referrals committee hearing.

Racing • 05 Mar 21

Leopardstown boasts full CCTV coverage of its stable yard

Irish owners call for CCTV cameras at all racecourses

Irish racehorse owners are calling on the sport's regulator to install CCTV cameras in all racecourse stable yards – after it emerged that just one of Ireland's 26 racecourses provides this surveillance.

Racing • 09 Feb 21

Jockeys who test positive for cocaine will now face a five year ban

Irish jockeys face five-year ban for cocaine usage

Jockeys in Ireland who test positive for cocaine will face a five-year ban, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has announced.

Racing • 11 Jan 19