This is appalling. Sulky racing in Dublin. Appears to be near City West by Brown’s Barn on the Naas Road inbound. pic.twitter.com/aHLYZyClU6

— Niall O’Connor (@NI_ALLO) February 19, 2020

Anyone?

Official inquiry underway as cars block off N7 to facilitate sulky race (Dublin Live)

Ireland’s Sulky Racers,

This Thursday on RTÉ2 at 9pm

A one hour documentary [directed by Martin Danneels] “offering a unique insight into one of Ireland’s most fascinating sub-cultures”.

Anne Louise Foley writes:

Scorned by media and the mainstream, Ireland’s Sulky Racers care deeply about their ‘coloured’ horses; yet they race on the wild side, illegally, on Sundays at dawn, on dual carriageways blocked off to traffic. The sport and the personalities that drive it have never before been the subject of a television documentary. Until now.

These passionate horsemen race their light-weight traps – sulkies – at startling speeds. When one owner challenges another, his horse’s reputation is at stake. So too are thousands of Euro.

Following a group of owners and drivers based in counties Dublin, Meath, Clare and Limerick, Ireland’s Sulky Racers shows the extremes that these complex and compelling individuals will go to in order to prepare their piebald for race day.

FIGHT!

On the old Dublin road road between Littleton and Horse and Jockey, Co Tipperary on Sunday evening. The horse, according to the Tipperary Star, collapsed and died from exhaustion while Sulky racing.

Animal Cruelty As Sulky Horse Driven To Death (Tipperary Star)