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Integrity Statistics

IHRB Integrity Statistics for 2024 and 2025

  • RACEDAY OPERATIONS
    2025 RACEDAY FIXTURES
    SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS CANCELLATIONS HELD RACES RUNNERS
    January 23 5 3 23* 162 1,731
    February 20 2 4 19* 136 1,478
    March 23 0 0 23 172 2,070
    April 35 2 1 35* 257 3,006
    May 44 0 0 44 327 3,655
    June 30 2 1* 29 217 2,609
    July  
    August  
    September  
    October  
    November  
    December  
    TOTAL 175 11 8 173 1,271 14,549
     

    *Notes
    January - 3 meetings that were cancelled were resecheduled and run in January 
    February - 3 of the 4 meetings that were cancelled were rescheduled and run in February
    April - The meeting that was cancelled was rescheduled and run in April 
    June - The meeting that was cancelled at Downpatrick is rescheduled for 15 July 
     

  • RACEDAY OPERATIONS
    2025 POINT TO POINT FIXTURES HUNTER CERTIFICATES
    SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS CANCELLATIONS HELD RACES RUNNERS  
    January 9 4 4 8 48 335 405
    February 14 5 5 12 74 562 522
    March 20 0 0 22 133 1,178 290
    April 16 1 0 16 107 891 294
    May 13 1 1 13 89 777 32
    June 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    August 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    September 0 0 0 0 0 0  
    October              
    November              
    December              
    TOTAL 72 11 10 71 451 3,743 1,543

  • DISCIPLINARY
    2025 STEWARDS ENQUIRIES* SANCTIONS
        WHIP BREACHES CARELESS RIDING IMPROPER RIDING DANGEROUS RIDING RUNNING & RIDING OTHER
    January 22 11 7 0 0 1 3
    February 40 14 0 0 0 4 18
    March 47 31 7 0 0 3 6
    April 30 15 9 0 0 4 2
    May 35 18 8 1 0 3 5
    June 27 14 11 1 0 0 1
    July              
    August              
    September              
    October              
    November              
    December              
    TOTAL 201 103 46 2 0 15 35
    *Summary of activity

  • DISCIPLINARY
    2025 REFERRALS APPEALS
      HEARD SANCTIONS HEARD ALLOWED DISMISSED
    January 6 5* 2 0 2
    February 3 4 2 2 0
    March 1 1 0 0 0
    April 35 31 4 3 1
    May 0 0 2 1 1
    June 19 19 1 1 0
    July          
    August          
    September          
    October          
    November          
    December          
    TOTAL 64 60 11 7 4
    *1 Deferred Decision

  • EQUINE ANTI-DOPING
    TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN (including unlicensed premises)
    2025 TOTAL   COUNTY
    January 6   Antrim   Kerry   Roscommon  
    February 17   Armagh 1 Kildare 10 Sligo  
    March 20   Carlow 2 Kilkenny 2 Tipperary 7
    April 2   Cavan 1 Laois 3 Tyrone  
    May 4   Clare 1 Leitrim   Waterford 1
    June 16   Cork 7 Limerick   Westmeath  
    July     Derry   Longford   Wexford 13
    August     Donegal   Louth   Wicklow  
    September     Down 3 Mayo      
    October     Dublin   Meath 13    
    November     Fermanagh   Monaghan      
    December     Galway   Offaly 1    
    TOTAL 65    

  • EQUINE ANTI-DOPING
    2025 RACEDAY POINT TO POINT OUT OF COMPETITION TOTAL SAMPLES AAFs
      URINE BLOOD HAIR PRE-RACE BLOOD URINE BLOOD HAIR    
    January 131 35 0 0 49 0 25 25 265 0
    February 129 22 17 21 75 0 119 114 497  
    March 139 42 1 0 132 3 64 64 445 0
    April 240 43 46 0 109 0 12 10 1,460  
    May 270 82 21 0 89 0 27 26 515  
    June 185 39 1 0 0 0 56 55 336  
    July                    
    August                    
    September                    
    October                    
    November                    
    December                    
    TOTAL 1,094 263 86 21 454 3 303 294 2,518 0

  • LICENSING
    2025 TRAINERS RESTRICTED TRAINERS HUNTER CHASE STABLE STAFF
            Full Time Part Time
    January 370 218 13 1,997 1,445
    February 368 218 13 1,985 1,398
    March 317 175 11 1,817 1,272
    April 330 183 14 1,850 1,309
    May 338 187 16 1,912 1,367
    June 351 195 16 1,921 1,377
    July          
    August          
    September          
    October          
    November          
    December          

  • LICENSING
      JOCKEYS QUALIFIED RIDERS APPRENTICE JOCKEYS JOCKEYS VALETS JOCKEYS AGENTS HANDLERS RACECOURSES
      Total Licences    
    2025 Total  Monthly            
    January 147 2 282 52 2 9 24 26
    February 150 4 289 52 2 9 12 26
    March 157 8 299 59 2 9 21 26
    April 159 4 306 56 2 9 15 26
    May 156 3 312 57 2 9 4 26
    June 158 5 310 58 2 9 0 26
    July             0  
    August                
    September                
    October                
    November                
    December                

  • MEDICAL
      RIDER INJURIES   ANTI-DOPING ALCOHOL BREATH TESTS
    2025 RACECOURSE POINT TO POINT   SAMPLES POSITIVES SAMPLES POSITIVES
    January 3 2   8 0 49 0
    February 3 4   17 0 76 0
    March 13 18   24 N/A 51 0
    April 6 7   16 N/A 49 0
    May 15 8   24 N/A 48 0
    June 12 0   24 N/A 43 0
    July              
    August              
    September              
    October              
    November              
    December              
    TOTAL 52 39   113 0 316 0
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2024 Statistics

  • RACEDAY OPERATIONS
    2024 RACEDAY FIXTURES
    SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS CANCELLATIONS HELD RACES RUNNERS
    January 22 6 1 23 160 1,683
    February 20 4 2 19 139 1,391
    March 25 8 4 23 172 1,849  
    April 33 15 13 28 206 2,483
    May 43 2 1 47 353 4,096
    June 32 0 0 33 246 2,869
    July 41 0 1 40 298 3,502
    August 42 1 0 42 314 3,649
    September 33 0 0 35 261 3,077
    October 46 2 2 44 326 3,618
    November 29 5 2 30 227 2,592
    December 25 0 0 26 192 2,434
    TOTAL 391 43 26 390 2,894 33,243
     

  •   RACEDAY OPERATIONS

    2024

    POINT TO POINT FIXTURES

    HUNTER CERTIFICATES

    SCHEDULED

    INSPECTIONS

    CANCELLATIONS

    HELD

    RACES

    RUNNERS

    January

    9

    1

    0

    9

    52**

    407

    511

    February

    14

    1

    0

    14

    88

    641

    366

    March

    20

    6

    4

    16

    98***

    718

    294

    April

    17

    11

    9

    13

    93

    931

    180

    May

    12

    0

    0

    16

    112

    997

    91

    June

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    July

    0

    0

    0 

     0

    0 

    0

    0 

    August

    0

    0

    0

    0 

    0 

     0

    27

    September

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    559

    October

    10

    0

    0

    10

    64

    424

    437

    November

    12 

    1

    0

    12

    75

    519

    230

    December

    6

    1

    0

    6

    43

    452

    146

    TOTAL

    100

    21

    13

    96

    625

    5,089

    2,824

    ** 21.01.2024 Killeagh (H) abandoned after 3 races

    *** 09.03.2024 North Down (F) last race abandoned

     

  • DISCIPLINARY
    2024 STEWARDS ENQUIRIES* SANCTIONS
        WHIP BREACHES CARELESS RIDING IMPROPER RIDING DANGEROUS RIDING RUNNING & RIDING OTHER
    January 41 25 9 0 0 2 5
    February 30 21 3 1 0 2 3
    March 49 22 7 1 0 13 6
    April 31 17 6 2 0 0 6
    May 54 28 20 2 0 1 3
    June 46 28 12 0 0 0 6
    July 37 18 13 0 0 0 6
    August 52 30 14 0 0 0 8
    September 29 7 0 0 0 1 10
    October 57 29 13 1 0 3 14
    November 38 14 5 0 0 2 17
    December 57 18 8 0 0 2 29
    TOTAL 22 11 7 0 0 1 3
    *Summary of activity

  • DISCIPLINARY
    2024 REFERRALS APPEALS
      HEARD SANCTIONS HEARD ALLOWED DISMISSED
    January 2 2 3 0 3
    February 2 2 4 0 4
    March 0 0 17 13^ 4
    April 0 0 1 1 0
    May 5 5 5 1 3
    June 7 7 4 2 2
    July 6 5 5 3 2
    August 4 4 5 1 4
    September 0 0 3 0 3
    October 4 3 5 2 3
    November 0 0 4 2 2
    December 30 30 1 0 1
    TOTAL 60 58 57 25 31
    ^Includes nine Riders as part of the appeal into one race

  • EQUINE ANTI-DOPING
    TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN (including unlicensed premises)
    2024 TOTAL   COUNTY
    January 7   Antrim 0 Kerry 0 Roscommon 1
    February 26   Armagh 2 Kildare 18 Sligo 0
    March 17   Carlow 7 Kilkenny 10 Tipperary 24
    April 13   Cavan 0 Laois 3 Tyrone 1
    May 13   Clare 1 Leitrim 0 Waterford 4
    June 11   Cork 7 Limerick 2 Westmeath 4
    July 13   Derry 2 Longford 1 Wexford 14
    August 7   Donegal 0 Louth 0 Wicklow 0
    September 12   Down 3 Mayo 3    
    October 9   Dublin 8 Meath 33    
    November 13   Fermanagh 0 Monaghan 0    
    December 9   Galway 2 Offaly 0    
    TOTAL 150    

  • EQUINE ANTI-DOPING
    2024 RACEDAY POINT TO POINT OUT OF COMPETITION TOTAL SAMPLES AAFs
      URINE BLOOD HAIR PRE-RACE BLOOD URINE BLOOD HAIR    
    January 149 18 1 44 52 0 25 25 314 0
    February 116 37 21 59 88 0 152 145 618 1
    March 145 36 1 15 98 0 40 40 375 0
    April 172 41 23 10 93 0 126 126 591 0
    May 305 66 52 4 114 0 58 58 657 0
    June 211 46 22 15 0 0 70 70 434 2
    July 250 60 25 6 0 1 58 56 456 0
    August 277 52 16 0 0 0 5 6 361 1
    September 237 40 36 40 0 0 63 63 479 0
    October 284 51 6 0 64 0 12 12 429 5
    November 203 43 1 0 76 0 0 0 323 0
    December 117 30 34 0 43 0 50 50 384 0
    TOTAL 2,526 520 238 193 628 1 659 651 5,421 9

  • LICENSING
    2024 TRAINERS RESTRICTED TRAINERS HUNTER CHASE STABLE STAFF
            Full Time  Part Time
    January 393 214 13 1,637 1,827
    February 393 214 13 1,984 1,395
    March 317 158 10 1,941 1,310
    April 319 159 11 1,934 1,327
    May 332 182 12 1,959 1,354
    June 334 184 12 1,981 1,378
    July 339 193 12 2,010 1,424
    August 340 190 12 2,002 1,466
    September 342 190 12 2,006 1,466
    October 344 191 12 1,998 1,486
    November 345 192 12 2,006 1,481
    December 345 192 13 2,033 1,480

  • LICENSING
    2024 JOCKEYS QUALIFIED RIDERS APPRENTICE JOCKEYS JOCKEYS VALETS JOCKEYS AGENTS HANDLERS RACECOURSES
    January 151 288 48 2 10 427 24
    February 149 198 50 2 10 446 24
    March 149 306 49 2 10 456 24
    April 153 314 57 2 10 463 26
    May 160 319 62 2 10 461 26
    June 167 314 61 2 10 0 26
    July 168 317 60 2 10 0 26
    August 171 317 61 2 10 180 26
    September 163 210 64 2 10 267 26
    October 163 247 64 2 10 323 26
    November 138 270 45 2 9 368 26
    December 144 275 46 2 9 385 26

  • MEDICAL
      RIDER INJURIES   ANTI-DOPING ALCOHOL BREATH TESTS
    2025 RACECOURSE POINT TO POINT   SAMPLES POSITIVES SAMPLES POSITIVES
    January 2 3   24 1 109 0
    February 1 2   16 0 116 0
    March 3 2   24 0 46 0
    April 8 7   24 0 37 0
    May 12 9   8 0 0 0
    June 11 0   32 0 0 0
    July 8 0   25 0 29 0
    August 10 0   24 0 0 0
    September 10 0   24 0 26 0
    October 8 4   31 0 0 0
    November 10 1   56 0 92 0
    December 7 3   0 0 121 0
    TOTAL 90 31   288 1 576 0