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DECEMBER 2018 The Irish Trainer THE NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE IRISH RACEHORSE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION Falcon pounces at Noel Meade lands Down Royal Down Royal Grade 2 for second year running with Snow Falcon ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: STABLE STAFF PENSION UPDATE | AGM 2018 PREVIEW CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL PRIZE MONEY BOOST | EQUINE INFLUENZA UPDATE Win big with Plus 10 With more than 750 races across Britain and Ireland set to feature a €12,500 bonus, it is too good an opportunity to miss. Pay the Owner Registration to qualify your 2YO to win a bonus More than €18 million bonus prize money paid out to date, rewarding more than 650 different owners Owner registration: 28 February 2019 For more information visit www.plus10bonus.com or contact 087 67 55232 THE IRISH TRAINER / DECEMBER 2018 Foreword Due to unforeseen circumstances, the date of the AGM has been changed to Tuesday, 11 December, to be held at The Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge at 3pm. Refreshments will be served before and after the meeting. We are looking for a good turnout. If a member is unable to attend but has a question, please forward it to the office before the AGM so that it can be addressed on the day. A meeting will take place at the offices of the IHRB between Horse Racing Ireland, Irish Horse Racing Regularity Board and Irish Racehorse Trainers Association, with regard to coming to an agreement to the rules and regulations on passports. The results will hopefully appear in the next issue of the newsletter. We are currently in the process of setting up a Temporary Recruitment Agency, to help trainers, especially on race days, when there is a shortage of staff. We would hope that this Win big initiative will be of assistance to trainers planning their day-to-day arrangements. I would like to wish everybody a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2019 Kind regards, with Plus 10 Michael Grassick / Irish Racehorse Trainers Association With more than 750 races across Britain and Ireland set to feature a €12,500 bonus, it is too good an opportunity to miss. CONTENTS Winners abroad and upcoming sales dates ..................4 AGM 2018 preview ..................................................................6 Pay the Owner Registration to qualify your 2YO to win a bonus Stable staff pension update ..............................................10 More than €18 million bonus prize money paid out to date, Christmas Festival prize money boost ..........................12 rewarding more than 650 different owners New non-runner line details ...............................................13 COVER PHOTO: Owner: Mrs Patricia Hunt Trainer: Noel Meade Breeder: Mr Sean Gorman Equine influenza update .....................................................14 Jockey: S W Flanagan Photo: Caroline Norris Owner registration: 28 February 2019 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 For more information visit Tel: 045 522 981 Mob: 087 258 8770 Aidan O’Brien Andy Oliver www.plus10bonus.com email: [email protected] Patrick Prendergast Jnr. Dermot Weld or contact 087 67 55232 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 / DECEMBER 2018 Winners abroad Aidan O’Brien made the running again when Gavin Cromwell had a treble with A Place Magical annexed the Champion Fillies & Apart at Kempton and a double at Ayr with Mares Stakes (G1) at Ascot and Magna Grecia Callthebarman and Toosey. Canardier in the Vertem Futurity Trophy (G1) at for Dermot McLoughlin and Pearl Of The Doncaster. True Self obliged twice for Willie West for John McConnell also went in at Mullins, winning the Beckford Stakes (L) at Cheltenham, while Honourary Gift scored at Bath and the James Seymour Stakes (L) at Sedgefield for Peter Fahey. Newmarket, while also at Newmarket, Angelic Light scored in the Bosra Sham By any yardstick the overall returns for 2018 Stakes (L) for Michael O’Callaghan. reflects great credit on the Flat and National Hunt trainers that were responsible for the National Hunt wise, Gordon Elliott again achievement. It has been a continuous success leads the parade kicking off with the story and every good wish is extended that American Grand National at Far Hills such will be the case for 2019 and beyond. with Jury Duty, followed by a double at Cheltenham with Dinons and Cubomania. Congratulations and Very Well Done. UPCOMING SALES DATES 28 NOV TATTERSALLS 12-13 ARQANA - 1 DEC December Foal Sale FEB Mixed February Sale 3-6 TATTERSALLS 21 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM DEC December Breeding Stock Sale FEB Cheltenham February Sale 7 GOFFS UK 14 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM DEC December Sale MAR Cheltenham Festival Sale 10 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT 21 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT DEC Ascot December Sale MAR Ascot March Sale 12-13 GOFFS 3 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT DEC December NH Sale 2018 APR Ascot Two-Year-Old Breeze-Up Sale 14 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM 4 GOFFS UK DEC Cheltenham December Sale APR The Aintree Sale 2019 - after racing 22-23 GOFFS UK 15-17 TATTERSALLS JAN January Sale 2019 APR Craven Breeze Up Sale 29-30 TATTERSALLS IRELAND 24-25 GOFFS UK JAN February NH Sale APR Breeze Up Sale 2019 31 JAN TATTERSALLS 26 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM - 1 FEB February Sale APR Cheltenham April Sale 5-7 GOFFS 2 GOFFS FEB February Sale 2019 MAY Punchestown Sale 2019 IRTA AGM 3pm Tues 11 Dec 2018 Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare 04 THE IRISH TRAINER / DECEMBER 2018 Michael Grassick looks back on the year and reviews the progress made in successfully addressing issues raised at last year’s AGM ahead of the forthcoming 2018 AGM at The Keadeen Hotel, 11th December. Michael Grassick Looking back on a busy year and ahead to Dept. of Agriculture, which will give us more the further challenges facing us, the one thing flexibility in the arrangement of working hours. I must stress is that we can only respond to requests from members and unless you tell us Rates your concerns, we can’t help. A certain number We have received very positive feedback from of members do use the IRTA office well, but trainers on the work carried out by Eamonn there are some who never get in contact with Halpin and Co. with regard to Rates and all us and I am concerned they are the people trainers who used this service are more than who feel we’re doing very little on their behalf. happy. County Meath is the target at the It’s a two-way street and we need to know moment, but changes to Rates seem to have been your concerns. Some trainers believe they put on hold for the time being in other counties. can manage on their own or that we can’t help them, and this isn’t the case. Work permits We have done a lot of work with Elaine Burke in Workplace Relations Committee HRI and I have had numerous meetings with the The problems caused by the WRC are a case in department. During the year the ITBA came on point. Many small trainers from across the board. Our final submission went in on 2nd country came to us for advice and used the November and we have met all the requirements service offered to members by PA Solutions for the first time. Aoife at PA Solutions met these trainers and brought them up to date, and anything they needed Aoife was able to help. That offer is there and is part of the services we provide for members. Regarding the WRC, the good news is that, having received correspondence from Regina Doherty, we are expecting in a matter of days racehorse trainers will revert back to the Aoife Hanratty & husband Gerry 06 and proved there are no people to take up jobs in of place prize money be paid immediately, Ireland or from the EU. We hope for a positive which would help with cash flow. response by Christmas, if not it will be in the new year. We offered a number of positions and Stable Staff Pension Scheme received no applicants, but following a positive The Stable Staff Pension Scheme is fully up and response these positions may be filled from running, operated by Irish Life Insurance. The outside the EU and the countries we are looking monies from 2014 and 2015 for those qualified to are Brazil, Pakistan and India. have been paid into accounts and each account received approximately €1,800 per year. We hope We were also approached by Barry Brogan, who the monies for those qualified for 2016, 2017 and trained there for 20 years, to include Malaysia for 2018 will be in accounts before the year end. candidates and Barry will base an employment agency here in Ireland to source candidates from Additional fixtures India and Malaysia and he believes there will be Through representations from IRTA we’ve had no problem assessing workers to come over. two extra meetings on the Flat, at Naas and Training fees payable through HRI Gowran Park, and I’d like to thank HRI and AIR for putting on these extra fixtures. Brian Kavanagh Arranging training accounts to be paid Naas Racecourse through HRI met a brick wall as far as owners are concerned. The AIRO committee is totally against the idea, however, their representative on the HRI board feels it Handicap ratings would be a positive step. I will be having further All Flat horses imported from outside Ireland meetings with Denis Egan and Brian Kavanagh rated 60 or less can now run in Irish handicaps, to pursue this further as I feel there is support but off a mark of 60 on their first run, after for the idea from both bodies.