In recent days, a liquidator was appointed to Copper Beech Racing, the main trading company of Michael Halford, the Kildare-based horse trainer who has won a number of Group 1 races and has trained horses for, amongst others, the Aga Khan. It was a low-key affair. The meeting was held remotely, and most of the company’s rank-and-file creditors did not attend. Those who did attend signed off on the appointment of John Healy, a partner with the accountancy firm Healy Kirby, as liquidator. His job will be to distribute the proceeds of the company’s remaining assets to creditors. Documents circulated…

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