The Aintree Grand National horse race meeting gets under way in Liverpool today with the big race on Saturday likely to feature plenty of Irish involvement.  Ireland is a genuine world leader in the sport and perhaps one of our greatest long term contributions is featured in this month’s edition of the prestigious Scientist magazine.
UCD geneticist Emmeline Hill’s grandmother was the owner of Cheltenham legend Dawn Run so perhaps it was ordained that she would be interested not only in making horses run fast but in asking why one did so faster than the other.  Her work in the field of equine genetics is now reaching out to a global audience.
After winning a President of Ireland Young Researcher award she was able to establish a dedicated lab at UCD from where she continues to work across other disciplines in the college.
Together with racehorse trainer and breeder Jim Bolger she has also established Equinome a company that will seek to provide knowledge on the subject to breeders around the globe.
Horse racing is a multi billion global industry.  It is great to see one of our own playing what may be a pivotal role within it.
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