• Ruling body kicks Supreme Racing Club out of sport• Former members hope to assert ownership of horses
A solicitor engaged by former members of the Supreme Horse Racing Club (SHRC) said on Thursday evening he was “very optimistic” that the 29 horses it has hitherto owned, including the top-class chaser Kemboy, will be able to race this season. The Thurles-based Patrick Kennedy was speaking after the ruling body of
Irish horse racing effectively kicked SHRC out of the sport by declaring it was no longer “permitted to be owners or part-owners of racehorses”.
The announcement from Horse Racing
Ireland (HRI) represents the moment when its patience finally expired over the Club’s repeated failure to provide answers to its questions. Following complaints from Club members about alleged irregularities in the way SHRC was run, HRI got involved this summer and its concerns have not since been allayed.