8th June 2023 (E)

COMMITTEE

Mr. Jim Mulqueen (Chairperson)

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. Hunt, Mr. N.B. Wachman, Mr. J. Weld, Mr. M. Hillman & Mr. C.J. Sweeney

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. J. Pugh

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

Veterinary Assistants: Ms. C. Murphy & Mr. D.J. Condell

Security Officer: Mr. D. Buckely

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

BULMERS SECRET ORCHARD MARQUEE – Enclosure

The Secret Orchard Marquee is located beside the parade ring and is open to all racegoers with an admission ticket. The Marquee Live music both evenings after the last race. With a 25-metre bar, outdoor food area and perfect viewing of the main stage, this is the perfect place to position yourself ahead of our live music after racing.

CHAMPIONS BAR – Enclosure

The Champions BAR is located by the Parade Ring at the far end of the Enclosure. The Champions Patio has an outdoor seating area with a great view of the parade ring.

Hurricanes – Enclosure

Located under the grandstand in the tunnel; Hurricanes is our traditional “Pub”.

Legacy Wine Bar – Enclosure

The Legacy Wine Bar is open to members of the public to enjoy and relax in high end comfort as well as wine, champagne, spirits, gins and bottled beer. There will be a DJ playing on the Legacy patio during racing. Redeem your prosecco and cocktails from our Cocktail Package here.

GROUND FLOOR – Grandstand

The Ground floor of the Grandstand features the Tote Hall. The Mane Course Burger Bar located here will be serving Gourmet Burgers and Colts Cafe offers Barista Coffee, sandwiches, snacks, tray bakes and scones.

FIRST FLOOR – Grandstand

The Paddock Food Hall located on the first floor of the Grandstand is a self-service restaurant, which is open all day offering diners traditional dishes including carvery roasts and hearty favourites.

SECOND FLOOR – Grandstand

The 1888 Restaurant is located on the second floor of the Grandstand overlooking the Parade Ring. The Leopardstown Lounge (open only to Owners & Trainers and their guests who have horses running on the day) is located opposite the 1888 Restaurant on the second floor. Annual Members can access the Members Bar which is restricted to Leopardstown Annual Members on a race day. The second floor parade ring viewing balcony are both accessed from this level.

THIRD FLOOR – Grandstand

The Third Floor of the Grandstand features the Circle Lounge, Third Floor Parade Ring Viewing Balcony, the Panoramic Suite and other private suites. A fully-serviced bar is available at the Circle Lounge along with a Gourmet Coffee outlet as well as a bistro selection including gourmet burgers, beer batter fish and chips, spicy chicken wings, Dublin Bay prawn cocktail, seafood chowder and Antipasta plates. Reserved Premium level seating can also be accessed from the Third Floor grandstand

FOURTH FLOOR – Grandstand

All penthouse suites are located on the fourth floor of the Grandstand.

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.

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.

Welcome to the first of our eight Bulmer’s Live at Leopardstown racing and music evenings, we have again taken the time to put together a diverse list of bands to suit all tastes of music genres and we hope you enjoy! – Wild Youth open the series tonight and they are swiftly followed by Keywest, Mark McCabe, Wallis Bird, The Undertones, The Academic, The Human League and the Whistlin’ Donkeys.

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.

The quality of racing at Leopardstown is maintained all summer and we are delighted to stage two Listed events tonight, The King George V Cup and the Glencairn Stakes. The King George V Cup was first staged in 1911 when Kirk Bloom won the race for Daniel Moloney. We are honoured that The British Ambassador, Mr. Paul Johnston, and his wife Mrs. Nicola Johnston, are with us this evening and will present the trophy to the winning owner of the King George V Cup.

We are delighted to welcome Skippio to the racecourse this evening as sponsors of the second race. Skippio, a new innovative app solution that significantly improves customers satisfaction at large-scale events, has been selected onto the final phase of Enterprise Ireland’s New Frontier’s Accelerator Development Scheme and was also a regional finalist in Irelands largest startup competition, Seedcorn.

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.

The app brings efficiency to venues by reducing customer queuing times therefore increasing customer satisfaction and will be utilised at the eight Bulmers Live at Leopardstown race meetings this year. Customers will now be able to order from anywhere in the venue and be notified when their orders are ready for collection.

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.

Tim Husbands M.B.E.

Leopardstown Racecourse CEO

Leopardstown Racecourse

E:info@leopardstown.com

T: 01 289 0500

This week we announced that Plusvital are very kindly sponsoring the hotly contested Plusvital Summer Series Trainers Championship that will run over our eight evening fixtures. Each trainer will receive points for their successes at each of the meetings, with the overall winner taking home €3,000 of Plusvital nutritional supplement and genetic testing products. Plusvital will also sponsor three races during Leopardstown’s exciting summer season, emphasising their commitment to horse racing in Ireland and their continued support of Leopardstown Racecourse. As part of this race sponsorship, Plusvital are providing the trainers and breeders of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed horses in each of their races with Plusvital supplements and genetic testing packs. We are very grateful to Plusvital for their continued and generous support of Irish Racing.

We would also like to thank the Irish EBF for their continual support at Leopardstown, their contribution to Irish Horse Racing is very significant and important to the whole industry.

Wild Youth will be making the winning presentations for the sixth race on the card The Wild Youth Apprentice Handicap and they will commence playing after the last race at approximately 8.45pm on the Bulmer’s Live stage. We are delighted to be partnering with Bulmer’s again this year and are looking forward to the Bulmer’s Live at Leopardstown summer series continuing to grow as the main summer social event in the calendar.

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 myself or the team can do to make your evening more enjoyable, please let us know.

Chief Executive,

2.7 MILLION IN 2023

Irish Racing’s Largest Sponsor

Irish Stallion Farms will contribute €2.7 million towards Irish prize-money in 2023, bringing our total investment to over €57m since the foundation of the Irish EBF in 1983.

Irish European Breeders’ Fund

Greenhills, Kill, Naas, Co. Kildare W91 FY62

For further details, contact Nessa Joyce:

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