A thoroughbred who was found emaciated, covered in sores and tied to a fence at Ballinasloe horse fair a few months after he had last raced is doing well. Eight-year-old Dash was taken in by the ...

The now 12 year old and history making horse fair made its 2024 ... of them and they arrived down from Ballinasloe to the hill-top village to attend the fair – but a day too early.

A seven-year-old ex-racehorse named Dash was rescued by ISPCA inspectors at Ballinasloe Fair in October 2024 ... for trotting – a distinctive type of horse-racing – before being abandoned.