Thursday 27th July 2023 (E)

COMMITTEE

Mr. Jim Mulqueen (Chairperson)

Mrs. Eimear Mulhern

Mrs. Una Manning

Mrs. Suzanne Eade

Mr. Patrick Prendergast

OFFICIALS:

Mr Paul Dermody

Mr. Tommy Breen

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is responsible for the integrity of Irish Racing. In fulfilling this role, they provide Stewards and professional Officials at all racemeetings to ensure that their rules are properly observed.

The following list of Stewards and Officials are officiating at today’s race meeting:

Acting Stewards: Mr. T. Breen, Mr. N.B. Wachman, Mr. C. Cunningham, Mr. R. Ryan & Mr. P. Deegan

Clerk of the Course: Mr. L. Wyer

Clerk of the Scales: Mr. P.L. Malone

Starter: Mr. J.R. Banahan

Judge: Mr. A.L. McKeever

Handicapper: Mr. G. O’ Gorman

Stewards Secretaries: Mr. M.F. O ‘ Donoghue & Mr. A. Ring

Medical Officer: Dr. A. Lehane

Veterinary Officer: Ms. J. Taylor M.V.B., M.R.C.V.S

Veterinary Assistants: Ms. C. Murphy & Mr. D. Fennessy

Security Officer: Mr. C. Gordon

Receiver of Entries:

Horse Racing Ireland, Ballymany, The Curragh, Co. Kildare. Stakeholder: Horse Racing Ireland.

Hon. Surgeon to the Club: Mr. Gary O’Toole, BSc (Hons), MB BAO BCh (Hons), BMedSci MCh AFRCSI FRCS (Tr & Orth).

Veterinary Surgeons:

Highfield Veterinary Clinic, Lisadell Equine Hospital, Ó’Scanaill & Associates Veterinary Surgeons, Ratoath Veterinary Clinic

Doctors to the Club: Dr. C.J. Murphy, Dr. R. Downey & Dr. F. Kenny

Commentator: Mr. Jerry Hannon

Farrier: Mr. Eamon Behan & Mr. Charlie Flanaghan

Welcome to Day 1 of Dublin Racing Festival 2022. There is a top quality day of racing today with four Grade 1 races, a leading Grade 2 bumper and two competitive handicaps. Todays feature race, the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup promises to be another thrilling contest and we are very grateful for the support of Paddy Power for this and the two supporting handicap races.

Welcome to Bulmers Live @ Leopardstown. We have an eight race card for you this evening with top class racing on display, with the Group 2 Romanised Minstrel Stakes, the Group 3 Jockey Club of Turkey Silver Flash Stakes and Group 3 Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes.

We also welcome the return of full crowds to Leopardstown for the first time since Dublin Racing Festival 2020. We are delighted to have racing fans back to experience National Hunt racing at Leopardstown and look forward to seeing everyone, without you, there has been a huge void at racing for the past two years.

As with our spectators, our sponsors are integral to our racedays and we are very thankful for the support of Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors, Racing TV, and Goffs today, many of whom have supported Dublin Racing Festival since its inception. The continued support of all of todays sponsors have ensured we can continue to deliver competitive racing on what has become a marquee festival in the National Hunt calendar in only it’s fifth year as a festival.

Today’s card showcases the international network of the horse racing and breeding industry with the Jockey Club of Turkey, The Japan Racing Association, The Hipódromo De La Zarzuela and The Horseraces Single Member S.A. Of Greece represented. This is with thanks to Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM). International partners are an important avenue to promote the breeding, sale and success of Irish horse racing worldwide.

The Group 2 Romanised Minstrel Stakes has been temporarily moved from The Curragh to Leopardstown Racecourse due to heavy rainfall earlier in the week. We are delighted to be able to facilitate the running of this great race. Past winners include Gordon Lord Byron, Romanised who the race is named after, and Order of Australia. We look forward to seeing the next top class horse to emerge. 11 runners go to post.

We want to emphasise to all those attending, that although government restrictions relating to Covid-19 have been eased, we continue to encourage diligence and ask everyone to be mindful of others and continue best practice in relation to hand sanitising and masked wearing in crowded areas.

HRI Racecourses recently unveiled a primary partnership with Bulmers Ireland where they will become the Official Entertainment Partner of HRI Racecourses with the aim of enhancing all racegoers experience across our four racecourses at Leopardstown, Fairyhouse, Navan and Tipperary, the first manifestation of this is at Dublin Racing Festival and we are looking forward to seeing Mundy and his band playing live on stage in the Bulmers Secret Orchard Marquee after racing today.

We enter the second leg of the ‘Dublin to Bahrain’ race series, in partnership with the Bahrain Turf Club. The initiative grants the race winners automatic eligibility for the 2023-24 running of the Bahrain Turf Series. We hope that trainers and owners from all over Ireland will target these races and we will look forward to following the winners’ progress in the Bahrain Turf Series later in the year.

Should you require any assistance throughout the day, or notice anything that is not to your satisfaction, please don’t hesitate to bring it to the attention of myself or a member of the Leopardstown Staff. We hope you have a enjoyable day at Leopardstown Racecourse with us today.

Many thanks to The Irish EBF for their continual support at Leopardstown. Their contribution to Irish Horse Racing is very significant and important to the whole industry.

Tim Husbands M.B.E. Leopardstown Racecourse CEO

Leopardstown Racecourse

E:info@leopardstown.com

T: 01 289 0500

The Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship continues today and will be run over the remaining three fixtures of the summer. Each trainer will receive points for their successes at each of the meetings with the overall winner being presented with €3,000 of Plusvital nutritional supplement or genetic testing products on the final day of the series.

We hope you will join us after racing with music from The Academic in what is their only Dublin gig of the Summer. Stay on and soak in the atmosphere as we have a DJ until close.

On behalf of the Leopardstown team we hope you have a great evening and hope to welcome you back to Leopardstown soon again. If there is anything I or the team can do to make your evening more enjoyable, please let us know.

Tim Husbands MBE Chief Executive, Leopardstown Racecourse

E:info@leopardstown.com T: 01 289 0510