The Northern Ireland Horse Board has appointed a new Chairman and Vice-Chairman following elections this week.  Taking up the reins at the top is well-known and highly successful  showman and equestrian centre proprietor, Hugh McCusker, with Diane Harron Eakin, former BBC journalist and broadcaster and co-founder with her husband of  Ringfort Stud, taking the second chair.  

The Northern Ireland Horse Board, (which is an affiliated member with representation on the all-Ireland organisation Horse Sport Ireland), is the largest and most influential equine lobby in the North with more than 4000 shareholders.

As such it is currently addressing, among other things and with other interested bodies, the crucial issues facing the equine industry in Northern Ireland such as horse welfare, traceability of horsemeat in the food chain, and the issuing of passports.

For further information, please contact the NIHB office on 028 38 343355 (Mon – Fri, 9am – 1pm) or email info@nihorseboard.org