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Principles Of Animal Welfare In Ireland’s Horse Racing Industry Launched

A booklet, titled Principles of Animal Welfare in Ireland's Horse Racing Industry, was launched by Horse Racing Ireland on Friday. Created with input from people who work in a variety of roles in the horse racing and breeding industries in a co-design process, the booklet's objective was to put current best-practice science into language, principles and criteria which are real and coherent with four principles detailed as underpinning equine welfare in Ireland–Good Feeding, Good Housing, Good Health, and Good Well-being.

John Osborne, HRI's Director of Equine Welfare and Bloodstock, said, “We had robust discussions with a large and diverse group of industry participants which was very productive. Our core objective is to be in a position to verify that the standards of care for our horses are high and measurable.

“We should not take for granted what some might call the basics, but which are in essence the cornerstones of a good welfare profile for any horse. We have a responsibility to our horses, and everyone plays a part in delivering a good life to the centrepieces of our industry.”

The booklet is available in soft copy on the HRI's website and from HRI's Equine Welfare division, email Siobhan at sgriffin@hri.ie.

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Observations: Highbank Takes Centre Stage at Newbury

2.18 Newbury, Cond, £18,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
CRYSTALLIUM (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}) was entered in both the G2 May Hill S. and Listed Flying Scotsman S. at Doncaster's St Leger meeting only to be denied a run with testing conditions and an abandoned fixture conspiring against her. The Tom Clover-trained granddaughter of the G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Crystal Music (Nureyev), gets a three-pound penalty for her impressive success on debut over this trip at Chelmsford last month but faces a clutch of potentially smart types in this Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises British EBF Fillies' Conditions S. which has often been a marker for future luminaries. Some of them, such as L'Ancresse (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) and Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) came from the Roger Charlton stable and his and Harry's set-up have an eye-catching representative this time in St Albans Bloodstock's Elegancia (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a 285,000gns Book 1 graduate whose dam is a half to the G2 Park Hill S. winner and G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. runner-up Silk Sari (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) from the family of Barathea (Ire).

3.28 Newbury, Cond, £20,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
HIGHBANK (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) obtained 'TDN Rising Star' status on his seven-furlong Newmarket debut in July, when he clocked outrageous sectionals, and takes aim at this Haynes, Hanson & Clark Conditions S. which has such an illustrious history. One of Charlie Appleby's kingpins among his enviable cast of juveniles, Godolphin's 750,000gns Book 1 purchase from the family of the German stars Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold) and Borgia (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}) is taken on by Julie Wood's Newmarket winner Classic (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Richard Hannon-trained son of her prized mare Date With Destiny (Ire) (George Washington {Ire}).

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Paddy Walsh to Retire as Chief Executive of AIR

Paddy Walsh, the chief executive of the Association of Irish Racecourses, is to step down from his role early next year after two decades at the held.

AIR is an independent, not-for-profit entity which represents those who own and operate Ireland's 26 racecourses. He will retire in March 2023.

He said, “I will be officially retiring on March 31, 2023. In the interim, there are a few months of important work ahead of us. In order to find the best possible candidate for the position, we have decided to make this announcement sooner rather than later and get the recruitment process started well in advance of my departure.”

Following receipt of proposals from executive recruitment firms, Principal Connections (www.principalconnections.ie) has been appointed by the Association of Irish Racecourses to handle the search for their next chief executive.

Principal Connections is part of Agilium Worldwide LLC, ranked one of the world's top global executive search groups. It is intended that the position will be advertised in the media and on the AIR website in the coming weeks.

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Daughter Of Winter Debuts At Naas

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features the second foal out of Classic heroine Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

2.00 Naas, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, f, 5f 205yT
BEGINNINGS (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) is the second foal out of the 1000 Guineas, Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Coronation S. and G1 Nassau S. heroine Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who is one of the Coolmore luminaries sent to Japan to be covered. Aidan O'Brien has opted for a six-furlong start for the March-foaled bay, whose second dam Laddies Poker Two (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) enjoyed her finest hour over it when winning the Wokingham H.

3.20 Yarmouth, Novice, £9,950, 2yo, f, 6f 3yT
TURQUOISE DIAMOND (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the third foal out of the G2 Lowther S. and G3 Princess Margaret S. winner Besharah (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) who was also third in the G1 Cheveley Park S. Responsible for last month's G3 Ballyogan S. scorer Perfect News (GB) (Frankel {GB}), the March-foaled bay debuts for her owner-breeder Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum and the William Haggas stable who have won three of the last five runnings.

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