The risks and issues of stable profiteering
AS the scramble to complete entries and book stables for the 2020 season gathers pace, it is likely social media will again be a platform to buy and sell stables.
While most transactions are amicable and profiteering rarely reported, not knowing exactly who is on site and in which stable causes problems for organisers.
Last year, “block-booked” stables for the Northern Ireland Showing Festival (NIF) at Cavan Equestrian Centre were advertised for up to three times the purchase price.
Many NIF classes close early when they have reached capacity, and all 500 on-site stables are snapped up — last year within eight hours of
