July, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

HRI Partners With Aer Lingus College Football Classic For Three Years

Horse racing will become part of the annual celebration of American College Football in Ireland featuring a Stars and Stripes themed race night at Leopardstown Racecourse after a three-year partnership was announced between Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.

The 2023 edition of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic game, featuring Notre Dame versus Navy at a sold out Aviva Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, is estimated to be worth €147 million to the Irish economy. The Leopardstown race night is one of approximately 50 official events taking place in the week preceding the game and will be held on Aug. 24.

U.S.-based buyers spent €18.8 million on 142 Irish Thoroughbreds last year, an increase on €2.1 million on the previous year's value, and the 2022 sales figures represent a 55% increase over the course of the past five years, when just €8.5 million was spent in 2018. Ireland's public bloodstock sales were worth €538m last year, the second highest in the world.

Private sales of Irish bloodstock in 2022 were estimated to be worth around €120 million, according to the HRI-commissioned Deloitte report – Social and Economic Impact of Irish Thoroughbred Breeding & Racing 2023 which was published last month. This places the total value of Irish bloodstock sales at €658m for last year. Over a quarter of all registered owners of Irish racehorses are based overseas and the US is home to approximately 20% (243) of these overseas owners making it the second largest overseas market for Irish racehorse ownership behind the UK.

Paul Dermody, CEO of HRI Racecourses and HRI Director of Commercial & Marketing, said, “The U.S. Bloodstock market is the biggest in the world, but the international reputation of Irish horse-breeding is driving significant interest from U.S. buyers and resulting in year-on-year growth in bloodstock sales to US buyers. The team at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing are doing a fantastic job in attracting US buyers to Ireland and growing that segment of the overseas buyer market in both public and private sales.

“The ties between Irish and US horseracing have never been stronger with a host of Irish-bred Grade I winners in the U.S. in 2022 and the likes of Joseph O'Brien being backed by U.S. investors to set up a satellite yard in Saratoga in New York. HRI's partnership with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic will allow us to develop new avenues to connect with US buyers and further enhance our offering to US buyers.”

Tim Husbands, CEO Leopardstown Racecourse, said, “Leopardstown Racecourse and Aer Lingus College Football Classic have a mutual ambition to develop our respective sports by introducing new audiences. The creation of the Stars and Stripes Race Day is to develop a sporting event that celebrates the best Irish music, sport, and dancing with fun of an American tailgate party.”

Brendan Meehan, Commercial Director of ALCFC, said “Horseracing in Ireland is very popular and plays an important role in Irish–U.S. relations, so to have the Stars and Stripes race meeting in Leopardstown Racecourse on the Thursday evening before the game provides a wonderful opportunity for U.S. visitors to experience the fun, the ambiance and everything that Leopardstown has to offer.”

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Catalog Released For 2023 Wanamaker’s July Sale

Broodmares from star studded families highlight the catalog of the 2023 Wanamaker's July Sale. In addition to broodmares and broodmare prospects, the catalog is comprised of racing prospects, yearlings, and foals selling alongside their mothers.

Bidding will open Thursday, June 27 at 8 a.m. ET, with the first listing set to close at 5 p.m. Subsequent listings will close in three-minute increments. Detailed information on the buying process can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

Highlights of the catalog include:

– Chi Town Heat, a winning 3-year-old daughter of Munnings being offered as a broodmare prospect. She comes from the family of Grade 2 winner Majestic Heat.

– Santa Trinita, offered in-foal to Enticed. She comes from the family of emerging young stallions, Bolt d'Oro and Global Campaign.

– Natures Beauty, a 10-year-old broodmare by Bernardini who is offered in-foal to first year stallion, Magic on Tap. Her dam, Channel, is a half-sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, Tempera.

– Princess Pinky, a broodmare prospect by Ghostzapper. An earner of $175,000 on the track, her dam is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner, Silent Bird.

– Bronte, an open broodmare by top broodmare sire, Oasis Dream. She comes from the family of Group 1 winner, Key Change.

– Royal Wonder, a daughter of all-world broodmare sire, Kingmambo. She is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner, Wonder Again.

– Legend of Fall, a New York-bred 3-year-old gelding by Kantharos. He is a half-brother to graded stakes-placed Firecrow.

For more information on those being offered in the 2023 Wanamaker's July Sale, see wanamakers.com. Prospective buyers may browse the website to view pedigrees, pictures, and videos of each hip offered. In-person inspections may be scheduled by contacting sellers with the information provided in the catalog.

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Betmakers Adds Penn To Fixed Odds Lineup

BetMakers Technology Group will add racing content from Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course to the growing slate available for fixed odds betting on MonmouthBets, the organization said in a release early on Wednesday morning.

Through an exclusive license, the agreement between Penn National's parent company PENN Entertainment and BetMakers facilitates the delivery of content for fixed odds betting from Hollywood Casino and anticipates the addition of other PENN Entertainment racetracks in the coming months pending required horsemen and racing commission approvals.

“We are very happy to work with BetMakers to offer New Jersey's racing fans an opportunity to bet fixed odds on Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course,” said Chris McErlean, Vice President of Racing for PENN Entertainment. “We are interested in the reaction to our product in the New Jersey fixed odds wagering marketplace and hope that it will provide positive returns for not only Penn National but the wider racing industry.”

With the addition of the Penn National content, New Jersey bettors now have the opportunity to place fixed odds wagers on racing from 16 racetracks across the USA, Canada, the Caribbean and South America.

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‘It Would Be Very Tempting’: Cox Plate A Possibility For Paddington

by Trent Masenhelder/TTR AusNZ

Three-time Group 1 winner Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) is under consideration for the A$5-million G1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Oct. 28, Coolmore's Tom Magnier revealed on Wednesday morning.

A winner of six of his seven starts in succession including the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, G1 St James's Palace S., and G1 Eclipse earlier this year, the son of Modern Eagle (Ger) (Montjeu {Ire}) holds a slew of entries at the top table in Europe, as well.

Speaking to RSN Racing And Sport, Magnier said of the Cox Plate possible, “We're going to be chatting about that over the next couple of days [bringing horses to Australia].

“When you look at Paddington, he is the best 3-year-old in Europe. Obviously, we've got Auguste Rodin that won the English Derby–he's a machine, but I was looking at Paddington and what he is doing is breathtaking. I don't know if anybody saw him running in the Coral-Eclipse the other day, the race Dubai Honour (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}) was in… that was an unbelievable field and he just decimated them. He is an absolute superstar.

“You'd have to think that if he lined up in a Cox Plate, he'd be very hard to beat. I'm not saying that that's going to happen, but we obviously hold Australian racing in very high regard and bringing a horse like Paddington down for a Cox Plate… it would be tempting and very exciting.”

Magnier's comments coincide with the Moonee Valley Racing Club's (MVRC) announcement that the winner of next month's G1 Juddmonte International S. will be handed a 'golden ticket' into the Cox Plate.

Interestingly, the G1 Juddmonte International S., which will be run at York on Aug. 23, is a possible option for Paddington and his triple Group 1-winning stablemate Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

“We're very keen to continue our great association with York Racecourse, and the winner of this year's race will be more than worthy of a place in the 2023 Ladbrokes Cox Plate,” MVRC's head of racing, Charlotte Mills, told TTR AusNZ.

Aidan O'Brien, who won the Cox Plate in 2014 with Adelaide (Ire), before his son Joseph was victorious in 2021 with State Of Rest (Ire), said the Cox Plate is a great stallion-making race.

“The Cox Plate has enormous prestige and is a very important race for a colt to win, especially for a potential dual-hemisphere stallion. We won it with Adelaide and more recently Joseph won it with State Of Rest. It is always a great race and a very prestigious race on the international calendar,” O'Brien said.

Previous winners of the Juddmonte International S. include Singspiel (Ire), Giant's Causeway, Falbrav (Ire), Frankel (GB), Sea The Stars (Ire) and Baaeed (GB). O'Brien is a five-time winner of the Juddmonte, with his most recent success being in 2019 when Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) scored under Ryan Moore.

The Juddmonte International S. becomes the third golden ticket race, joining the GI Saratoga Derby and G1 Takarazuka Kinen.

“We've been thrilled with the reception that we've had from the international jurisdictions for the international qualifiers; we're getting positive conversations and dialogue between trainers, jurisdictions and ourselves,” Mills added.

“Between Racing Victoria and the clubs here in Victoria, we are actively going out to recruit to ensure we're doing everything in our capacity to bring the best horses to Australia. With the best of our local horses and the opportunities to have international raiders, we want to present the best possible product on the day.

“To have a pioneer like Aidan O'Brien return, that would be a huge thrill for the club and for the race itself. We're certainly happy with the pace of interest we're receiving from international connections, and there are some domestic talents that we are working just as hard on, such as Amelia's Jewel (Aus) (Siyouni {Fr})–we want her in the race.”

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