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Illegal 'road racing' blasted by official harness group
Sean Kane of Malahide clinches his maiden win behind One Cool Cat at Annaghmore Raceway, Armagh
Wednesday December 16 2009
the perception is that any horse with a cart/sulky attached to it is 'Standardbred' horse - or a horse used for harness tered through DNA and racing. Nothing could be micro-chipped and our further from the truth. racing is run to the Our horses are specifical-strictest standards possiIRELAND'S main harness racing authority has condemned the practice of 'road racing' exposed in last week's Fingal Independent and distanced their sport from those who partake in this illegal pastime. Mark Flanagan, of Standardbred Horse Racing Ireland (SHRI) released a statement to the Fingal Independent after illegal road races between Balbriggan and Lusk were exposed on its front page last week.
