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 ...

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.

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.