First Winner For Yeomanstown’s Invincible Army

Yeomanstown Stud's Invincible Army (Ire) (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}) added his name to the growing list of winner-represented first-season sires on Sunday as his son Love Billy Boy (Ire) scored on debut at Musselburgh. Sent off the 9-4 favourite for the five-furlong Race To A Cure For MND EBF Novice S., the £90,000 Goffs UK Premier purchase who races in the famous Roldvale Ltd silks travelled strongly for Sean Levey held up behind the leading pair. Making smooth progress to hit the front 1 1/2 furlongs down, the Richard Hannon-trained bay was chased to the line by Moonstone Boy (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) but was always in command en route to a 3/4-of-a-length success. The dam, a full-sister to the G2 Prix Robert Papin-placed Areen (Ire), is a granddaughter of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. runner-up Fear And Greed (Ire) (Brief Truce). Her yearling filly is by El Kabeir.

2nd-Musselburgh, £30,000, Novice, 4-30, 2yo, 5f 1yT, 1:03.42, g/s.
LOVE BILLY BOY (IRE) (c, 2, Invincible Army {Ire}–Katrine {Ire}, by Kodiac {GB}) Sales history: £90,000 Ylg '22 GOFFUK. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,433.
O-Roldvale Ltd, C. Bloor, W Salthouse; B-Yeomanstown Stud (IRE); T-Richard Hannon.

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Sky Bet Sunday Series Returns In 2023

Six meetings have been confirmed for the 2023 Sky Bet Sunday Series (SBSS), Sky Bet announced on Wednesday. Worth £1.2 million, the series is an industry-wide collaboration between ITV, Racecourse Media Group, and Sky Betting and Gaming, which will showcase the sport in a Sunday twilight slot on terrestrial television during the summer. The schedule for the 2023 Sky Bet Sunday Series is as follows:

  • Musselburgh, Apr. 30
  • Hamilton, May 14
  • Beverley, June 11
  • Pontefract, June 25
  • Haydock, Aug. 6
  • Sandown, Aug. 20

Steve Birch, Sky Betting & Gaming CCO said, “We're delighted to be able to announce the continuation of the Sky Bet Sunday Series into 2023. It's a been a hugely successful collaboration between ITV, RMG and Sky Betting and Gaming with a clear focus on making racing more accessible to a wider audience. Customer engagement and sentiment has been very good, industry feedback has been hugely positive, and we're really looking forward to working with racing to make the 2023 renewal more successful than ever before.”

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