Iād give them proportional support, and only fund them from bets made on the sport. Ditto greyhound racing. Iāve no problem with anyone who wants to raise, train, ride or race horses, provided they do it responsibly and pay for it themselves.
Iād boot anyone found to have mistreated an animal into jail.
Id redirect most of the money into soccer as thatās something that virtually every able-bodied person can play as its criminally underfunded and under-resourced in Ireland.
Dutch 1-0 up from a Penalty Stroke. Umpire referred his own decision to the Video umpire. Good umpiring.
It is not āpropped upā by government money. For fucks sake you canāt be that thick, can you? It is the unusual circumstance of the Irish and British governments that they allow bookmakers to exist and donāt allow the sport to rightfully own its betting rights. In any other country in the world the organization thatās putting in the sport controls the betting and takes its cut which is used to fund prize money. The sport exists mostly as a vehicle for gambling. There used to be a government imposed tax on bets which accomplished this funding, but bookies being the horrible cunts they are moved off shore. The current situation is a half arsed attempt to rectify this. Go to a proper pari-mutuel set up like the rest of the world and it would be self sustaining, no need for govt involvement.
Adeleke with a great draw for the semi
Who has made the profit here?
Has the Irish state funnelled money to the industry who flip it for profits and to other countries who then benefit from Olympics medals?
2-0. Brinkman with an absolute rocket.
Iām not sure what your point is here, but what Olympic money exactly was funneled to those breeders? The Irish government has always assisted the horse breeding industry in Ireland, going back 80 plus years, in the same way it assists many other agricultural practices, because they historically were significant part of the economy.
Okay lads, enough lies about horsey horse. Take it to another thread now.
I presume itās all over with now anyway
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Current versions are very plasticky or something.
Iām asking about where the ROI goes here.
I can see with the horrible horse racing industry a vibrant and blood sucking gambling industry. Iām not seeing it in something of public value the Olympics.
Thereās no ROI in the Olympics, only team Ireland
Youāve completely lost me.
My friend bought one of those horses. He died in a car accident. His sister competed on it before selling it after the rds show a few years back.
It had nothing to do with any funding from anyone. So Iām not sure what your point is.
People are employed in the breeding, raising, feeding shoeing, transporting, breaking, training of horses. I think that is your ROI, just like when the gubmint pumps money into any other industry with grants, tax breaks etc. Iām not really sure why we are having this convo, as it seems blindingly obvious.
The Olympics are only tangential to all this.
Heās mixing up thoroughbred industry with sports horses I think.
Maybe taxpayer money for horsey sports should be targeted towards winning horsey medals at the Olympic Games proper rather than winners at the self-proclaimed āOlympics of National Hunt Racingā - Cheltenham.
Timmy McCarthy used to commentate on it and heād say āboom shak athlacca!ā as heād clear the final fence
Why would need they such grants if the horses are worth that much?
There are people making serious profits.
10s of millions a year being given to specific events in Ireland. Why?
Perhaps if the prize money shifted to prize money for equestrian events instead of grief hole race courses that just feast on addiction.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1106/1333469-public-money-funding-horse-racing-prizes/