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OCTOBER 2018 The Irish Trainer THE NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE IRISH RACEHORSE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION Skitter Skatter strikes The 2-year-old filly provides first Group 1 winner for Heavy Sweat landscape ad oscar_Layout 1 19/03/2018 08:58 Page 1 trainer Patrick Prendergast and jockey Ronan Whelan For the Health of Your Horse Bone T: +44 (0)28 3084 8844 development, coat & E: [email protected] “The 30 Day Copper Tonic.” conditioning W: www.horsefirst.net SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2018 The Sodexo Gold Cup Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) (Grade 3) ABOUT THREE MILES £100,000 For four years old and upwards There is a bonus available on this race, please see race conditions for more details. Handicap Hurdle Race (Class 1) (Listed Race) ABOUT TWO MILES £60,000 For four years old and upwards The Byrne Group Handicap Steeple Chase TWO MILES ABOUT (Class 1) (Listed Race) ONE FURLONG £60,000 For four years old and upwards rated 0-150 Entries must be made by Friday 26th October (HRI) Closes Monday 29th October (UK) SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2018 The Coral Hurdle Race (Class 1) (Grade 2) TWO MILES ABOUT (Registered as the Ascot Hurdle) THREE AND A HALF £100,000 For four years old and upwards FURLONGS The Christy 1965 Steeple Chase TWO MILES ABOUT (Class 1) (Grade 2) THREE FURLONGS £70,000 For four years old and upwards Entries must be made by Monday 17th November (HRI) Closes Monday 20th November (UK) The Gérard Bertrand Hurst Park Handicap TWO MILES ABOUT Steeple Chase (Class 2) ONE FURLONG £125,000 For four years old and upwards NEW EARLY CLOSING RACE: Entries must be made by Friday 5th November (HRI) Closes Monday 6th November (UK) SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2018 Handicap Hurdle Race (Class 1) (Grade 3) ABOUT TWO MILES £150,000 For four years old and upwards EARLY CLOSING RACE: Entries must be made by Monday 3rd December (HRI) Closes Tuesday 4th December (UK) The JLT Hurdle Race (Registered as THREE MILES ABOUT The Long Walk Hurdle) (Class 1) (Grade 1) HALF A FURLONG £100,000 For four years old and upwards EARLY CLOSING RACE: Entries must be made by Monday 3rd December (HRI) Closes Tuesday 4th December (UK) The Bollinger Silver Cup Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) (Listed Race) ABOUT THREE MILES £100,000 For four years old and upwards There is a bonus available on this race, please see race conditions for more details. EARLY CLOSING RACE: Entries must be made by Monday 3rd December (HRI) Closes Tuesday 4th December (UK) For further information please contact: Chris Stickels, Clerk of the Course E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1344 878 502 Mob: +44 (0)7970 621440 A5 Irish Trainer Ad 2018_FINAL.indd 1 19/09/2018 11:41 THE IRISH TRAINER / OCTOBER 2018 Foreword In relation to work permits we have to prove that jobs are being advertised but not being filled and in order to prove this we need to advertise any jobs on the Jobs Ireland page www.jobsireland.ie, which can be seen by people on the live register. We are in talks with the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation, with the help of Elaine Burke from Horse Racing Ireland. I’m happy with the 2019 race programme announced and see it as a step in the right direction. It’s particularly important to show the Work Relations Committee that the industry recognises the problems for staff and is working towards improving working conditions, with a reduction in Sunday meetings and last race times. Any requests from Irish trainers with full licences without runners wishing to attend the Cheltenham November meeting on the 16th-18th need to apply to our office before 9 November. Trainers will have to produce their licences at the desk in person in order to collect their tickets on the racing day. Finally, just to confirm that our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th of November at 3pm in the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The more trainers present the better, so we can represent your views and needs. Kind regards, Michael Grassick / Irish Racehorse Trainers Association CONTENTS Winners Abroad + BHA altrenogest update ....................4 HRI six-month report .............................................................6 ITBA Open Meeting report .................................................10 British Champions Day badges ........................................12 COVER Trainer: P J Prendergast Obituaries + Industry Assistance Programme .............13 PHOTO: Jockey: R P Whelan Owners: Anthony Rogers & Mrs Sonia Rogers Breeder: Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & Airlie Stud Products of the month ........................................................14 Photo: Caroline Norris Irish Racehorse Trainers Association – Curragh House, Dublin Road, Kildare Chief Executive: Michael Grassick Council Members: Chairman: Noel Meade Jim Gorman Eoin Griffin Vice Chairman: Michael Halford Jessica Harrington Tom Hogan Andrew McNamara Eric McNamara Tel: 045 522 981 Mob: 087 258 8770 Aidan O’Brien Andy Oliver email: [email protected] Patrick Prendergast Jnr. Dermot Weld Published monthly by Anderson & Co Publishing Ltd. For all advertising enquiries please call: 041 971 2000 www.anderson-co.com VISIT WWW.IRTA.IE FOR THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES 03 THE IRISH TRAINER / OCTOBER 2018 Winners abroad The Flat kicked off with Fairyland landing The National Hunt scene was again lit the Lowther Stakes (G2) at York for Aidan up by the Gordon Elliott conveyor belt, O’Brien, which he then followed up with which produced the outstanding number Fleeting in the May Hill Stakes (G2) and of fourteen winners – seven at Perth (Make Kew Gardens in the St Leger (G1), both at My Heart Fly, Galvin, King’s Son, Cubomania, Doncaster. Carrie Des Champs twice and Global Jackpot), plus six at Sedgefield (Kuiper Belt, Ravenshill, The follow-up consisted of a double for Make My Heart Fly, High Expectations, Gordon Elliott at Carlisle with Gloves Lynch King’s Song and Dinons) and topped off and Falak. A double ensued at Ffos Las with Present In Court at Worcester. for John Feane with Ana Lichious and Syndicate. Then we had singles for James Gavin Cromwell had a double with Toosey Nash with Massini’s Trap at Chepstow, Liar’s at Cartmel and Running In Heels at Corner at Hamilton for John McConnell, Sedgefield, while John McConnell had a Fontainebleu for James Lamb at Musselburgh, single at Stratford with Go Another One, Ancient Astronaut at Wolverhampton making it a cumulative total of twenty nine. for Karl Thornton and Spiral Galaxy at Tremendous work and Wolverhampton for Anthony McCann. very well done to all. BHA altrenogest announcement The BHA has warned trainers, veterinary The BHA has been informed that Regumate surgeons and other industry participants to be Equine is reportedly sourced from a separate aware of an international issue regarding products location to those products under investigation in which contain altrenogest. Altrenogest is Australia. However, in light of the international commonly referred to by the trade name Regumate. situation, the BHA has strongly advised trainers to be cautious if using altrenogest in racehorses. It has been reported in international racing jurisdictions that trace levels of the anabolic The BHA published Detection Time for steroid trenbolone and/or trendione have been altrenogest is 288 hours (12 days), based on an detected in products which contain altrenogest. In administration study of four horses using an Australia, trainers have been advised by Racing oral dose of 2.2mg/kg once daily for 10 days. Victoria to immediately stop the use of products In contrast, a 24-hour (one clear day) withdrawal containing altrenogest. Further investigation from racing is recommended in Australia for is being carried out by Australian regulators. mares and fillies receiving oral altrenogest. In Britain there is one product licensed for use The BHA is undertaking further work to gain in horses which contains altrenogest, Regumate an understanding of the implications of this Equine 2.2mg/ml Oral Solution for Horses issue within Europe and will keep participants (MSD Animal Health). Regumate Equine is a informed as soon as further information prescription only veterinary medicine (POM-V). becomes available. 04 BHA altrenogest announcement The point of the thoroughbred is to be THIS GOOD Golden Horn ran the third-fastest Derby ever. The fourth fastest? Galileo’s. Plus: his win was rated superior to Sea The Stars’s. First yearlings selling now: he’s the leading first-season sire at the sales so far with an average of £160,000. darleystallions.com Darley 05 THE IRISH TRAINER / OCTOBER 2018 HRI SIX-MONTH REPORT The key figures impacting on Irish racing are on the rise, HRI’s latest figures show. While attendances are down, this was due to very bad weather at the start of the year and attendance has gradually increased since. The number of new owners has increased promisingly and the number of new syndicates has grown considerably, with the current number of horses-in- training also on the rise. However, trainers and licence numbers are a Brian Kavanagh “The arctic weather glaring omission from the published figures we endured for and, if included, might well paint a darker such a prolonged picture. period in the spring had a knock-on “Of course they should be included,” Michael effect on entries, Grassick says, “and I don’t know why they are runners and the not here. The vast majority of trainers are numbers of horses- under severe pressure to keep their business in-training,” going and that should be reflected in the pointed out Brian complete HRI picture.” Kavanagh, HRI At the time of going to print we are still CEO. “However, while the horse-in-training awaiting the official trainers’ licence figures. figure is down slightly on last year’s figure, by the end of June there were over 200 more horses � New Owners up .................................................19% in training than at the same time in 2017.