The Irish Racehorse Trainers Association is in financial difficulty since a High Court jury found it orchestrated a defamatory campaign against the Turf Club’s head of security following an anti-doping crackdown. The Court of Appeal has heard the IRTA is “impecunious” as it faces into a six figure legal battle to overturn the decision of the lower court on appeal.   Chris Gordon, head of security with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (formerly the Turf Club), was awarded €300,000 damages, including aggravated and exemplary damages, in his case against the trainers’ representative body last year.  The jury accepted he was defamed…

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