Lack of a long-term funding system has stymied progress

What has changed in Irish racing over the last ten years in terms of administration and infrastructure? And how will its landscape evolve over the next decade?

For the racing public and those who identify as fans of the sport in a general sense, the personalities, human and equine, always occupy centre stage. However, racing is crucially shaped by its intertwining relationship with the betting and thoroughbred breeding industries, as well as with politics, bringing a range of external issues into the picture.

Overall, a sense of unfinished business is the order of the day at the turn of the decade.