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I would like to extend a warm Curragh welcome to you all here today for the third of our four August Summer Saturday meetings. After two years of Covid restrictions, we are very much enjoying being able to welcome racegoers back to the Curragh this year. I hope that you have a good day. We have made some changes to our offering this year which we hope you will enjoy and are always interested in hearing customer feedback. Please try out our Lilywhites Bar and the various facilities in Champions Hall. To watch racing, seating is available for all patrons throughout the final furlong at the front of the stand. In 2022, the Curragh will stage 23 race meetings in total - an increase of two over last year - and we will have an exciting programme of high-quality flat racing on offer throughout the year. We are very grateful to today’s sponsors – the Irish EBF, Coolmore Stud, the Niarchos Family, William Fry & Co, Sheehy Motors Naas, Racing TV and Anthony Kaminskas of AK Bets. Your support, together with that of Horse Racing Ireland, is critical to underpinning prize money levels here at the Curragh. Two of today’s races are run in memory of the late Neville O’Byrne who served on many industry bodies, including the Board of the Curragh Racecourse, with distinction and we are pleased to welcome Maud, Rachel and many of Neville’s family and friends here today. I would also like to thank all owners with runners here today - we hope your experience at the Curragh is a good one and we thank you for your support. We race at the Curragh again next Saturday with the Pat Smullen Race Day in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland which will become an important annual fund raiser every year for an excellent charity.

Brian Kavanagh Chief Executive