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Premier Racedays To Kick Off at Cheltenham Jan. 1

Premier Racedays, an undertaking by British Racing to market and promote racing's best racedays, will launch with the New Year's Day fixture at Cheltenham, the first of some 170 such programs to be staged in 2024.

Premier Racedays is part of a two-year series of changes with the aim of growing British racing by 'increasing engagement among new and existing customers, improving revenues across all areas of the industry, promoting investment in the sport through the recruitment and retention of owners, and encouraging the best horses to be bred, trained and raced in Britain.'

Premier Racedays will be supported by marketing and promotional suppoer, racecourse marketing spend and plans for a national promotional campaign, pending the submission of an application to the Horserace Betting Levy Board in line with the body's funding criteria.

Premier Racedays through 2024 will also see the introduction of innovation in the fan experience on an ongoing basis, for those attending on racecourses, betting, and watching on broadcast. Over 90% of Premier Racedays are to be broadcast across ITV and encompass the majority of racing's best and most popular racedays.

The key areas of innovation include customer promotion, broadcast innovation, customer experience, a digital content strategy, promotion of horse racing's equine and human athletes and betting, to offer a variety of incentives around Premier Racedays. Significant work is also in development to improve the ownership experience both on and off-course, with initiatives to be rolled out in 2024.

“British racing's stakeholders unanimously agreed the way to grow our sport is to better showcase and sell our best racing. The pilot of Premier Racedays is the start of this process,” said Joe Saumarez Smith, chair of the British Horseracing Authority. “Due to the way that our sport is structured, the first priority for the sport was to put the building blocks in place in the form of the changes to the fixture list and race programme and secure the improved funding of prize money. There is little point trying to sell Premier Racedays if the product is not, in fact, Premier. “I am grateful to everyone who has been involved in the ongoing development of these plans, including those directly involved in the sport and our partners in broadcast, the media and betting”.

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Galiway Share Tops Final Arqana Online Sale For 2023

A share in Haras de Colleville stallion Galiway (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was purchased by the Broadhurst Agency's Laurent Benoit for €160,000 to be the top-priced offering during Arqana's final online sale of the year Tuesday, Dec. 19.

The rising 13-year-old is the sire of 14 black-type winners, eight at group level, including G1 Champion S. and G1 Prix Jean Luc Lagardere hero Sealiway (Fr) and Sunway (Fr), victorious in the G1 Criterium International. Galiway is also the sire of Vauban (Fr), a Group 3 winner on the flat and a jumps horse of considerable talent.

A share in Sealiway, whose first foals are due next season, was knocked down to France Turf International for €56,000, while a breeding right in Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}), sire of G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Ace Impact (Ire), was sold to Ladyswood Stud for €50,000.

Following over 200 bids, seven of the eight breeding rights and stallion shares were sold for a total of €383,000 (outside of the sealed bid).

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Aqueduct: Under 20’s Challenge Will Run Two Divisions During Winter/Spring Meets

The Under 20's Challenge will return for the upcoming winter and spring meets at Aqueduct Racetrack with two divisions: Division A for trainers with 11-20 stalls and Division B for trainers with 1-10 stalls.

The program, launched in 2018 and open to local trainers with 20 or fewer horses nationwide, will begin with the opening of the Aqueduct winter meet on Monday, January 1 and continuing through the conclusion of the Aqueduct spring meet.

The top-six trainers in Division A will share a prize pool of $60,000 with the winner receiving $16,000. The top-five trainers in Division B will share a prize pool of $50,000 with the winner also receiving $16,000. Stall allotments for the 2024 Aqueduct winter/spring meets will be used to determine eligible trainers.

Trainers earn points based on their horses' performances in overnight races at Aqueduct from January 1 through the end of the Big A spring meet. Stakes races will not count for the purpose of this contest. Points will be tallied and records verified on May 30, and awards will be granted thereafter.

To retain eligibility in Division A, there can be no more than 20 horses on a trainer's roster at any given time, although a trainer's stable may grow above 20 horses through claiming activity. A trainer may replace a claimed horse who was on their roster with another claimed horse. After a horse is claimed, it will be added to the trainer's roster only at the trainer's request.

To retain eligibility in Division B, there can be no more than 10 horses on a trainer's roster at any given time, although a trainer's stable may grow above 10 horses through claiming activity. A trainer may replace a claimed horse who was on their roster with another claimed horse. After a horse is claimed, it will be added to the trainer's roster only at the trainer's request.

A horse that ends up on the stewards' list for poor performance will not earn the trainer points for that race. Horses that are running for 50 percent or less of the claiming price from their most recent start will only be eligible to earn 50 percent of the typical points for that race.

In addition, horses can only earn contest points for two races within a given 30-day time period. A horse may enter in additional races during that time frame but will not earn contest points for those additional races.

Contest point structure:

Dirt Races – All non-stakes races

1st Place – 6 points

2nd Place – 5 points

3rd Place – 4 points

4th Place – 3 points

5th Place – 2 points

Turf Races – All non-stakes races

1st Place – 5 points

2nd Place – 4 points

3rd Place – 3 points

4th Place – 2 points

5th Place – 1 point

Trainer Bonuses:

Division A (stalls 11-20) – Prize Pool: $60,000

1st Place – $16,000

2nd Place – $12,000

3rd Place – $10,000

4th Place – $9,000

5th Place – $7,000

6th Place – $6,000

Division B (stalls 1-10)– Prize Pool: $50,000

1st Place – $16,000

2nd Place – $12,000

3rd Place – $10,000

4th Place – $7,000

5th Place – $5,000

Deadlines:

December 28 – All contest applications must be in no later than 3:30 p.m.
December 31 – List of eligible contest trainers posted
January 1 – Contest begins
March 30 – No additional horses may be added to earn contest points (unless replacing a claimed or injured horse as per contest rules)
June 1 – Awards scheduled to be paid out

Past winners of the Under 20s Challenge:

2023 Aqueduct winter/spring meet Division A – Oscar Barrera, III
2023 Aqueduct winter/spring meet Division B – Pat Quick
2021-22 Aqueduct winter/spring meet – Oscar Barrera, III
2021 Belmont spring/summer – Mertkan Kantarmaci
2020-21 Aqueduct winter – Mertkan Kantarmaci
2019-20 Aqueduct winter – Eddie Barker/Mertkan Kantarmaci (tie)
2019 Belmont spring/summer – Mertkan Kantarmaci
2018-19 Aqueduct winter – Mertkan Kantarmaci
2018 Belmont spring/summer – Eddie Barker

For more information, please visit https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/horsemen.

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Steeplechase Horse Of The Year Andi’amu Retired To Kentucky Horse Park Hall Of Champions

Ballybristol Farm, LLC announced Tuesday that Andi'amu, the National Steeplechase Association Timber Horse of the Year for 2019 and 2022, will retire to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The 13-year-old Thoroughbred will be the first steeplechase horse to reside at the park's Hall of Champions barn.

“As a two-time National Steeplechase Association Timber Horse of the Year, Andi'amu, was a dominant force until his recent retirement. His addition to the Hall of Champions celebrates his success in his sport and recognizes the importance of steeplechase in the history of the Kentucky Horse Park,” said President Lee Carter. “We are grateful to Ballybristol Farm and Tom Collins for sharing Andi'amu with the park and our guests.”

Andi'amu was sired by Walk in the Park (IRE) and foaled in France in 2010. He began his flat racing career in France in 2012 and switched to jump racing in the United Kingdom in 2013. In 2015, he was purchased by Ballybristol Farm LLC and began his U.S. career participating in hurdle races which are generally 2 to 2 ½ miles long and the fences are 51 inches high. In 2017 and 2018, he switched to Timber Races where the distances are generally 3 to 4 miles long and fences are higher and may be constructed of timber, masonry or other materials.

In the U.S., Andi'amu was trained by Leslie Young in Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023 when he moved to Neil Norris in Middleburg, Virginia. He raced at Steeplechase venues along the east coast from New York to Virginia and in Tennessee. He also ran in hurdle races at the predominately flat tracks of Monmouth and Saratoga.

In his racing career, Andi'amu earned $544,400. This is a remarkable amount of prize money considering shorter race seasons and the lower purses for steeplechase races, especially timber races. In 49 starts, Andi'amu had 15 firsts, 12 seconds, 5 thirds and won 10 stakes races. In 2022 he was named Virginia Steeplechase Association Steeplechase Horse of the Year.

Andi'amu will reside at the Hall of Champions with Thoroughbreds Accelerate and Roy H; Standardbred Pacers Western Dreamer and Won The West; and Standardbred Trotters Mr. Muscleman and Marion Marauder.

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