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Leopardstown Racecourse appointed Jane Hedley as its new Racing and Operations Manager, a position she will take up during the forthcoming National Hunt season and Dublin Racing Festival. A former marketing and nominations executive for Shadwell and yard manager at Mark Johnston Racing for six years, she also served as Clerk of the Course Warwick, Nottingham and Market Rasen racecourses, in addition to positions at Jockey Club Racecourses, including Newmarket, Cheltenham and Aintree. More recently, Hedley was interim general manager at Nottingham.

“Jane is hugely experienced, passionate, highly knowledgeable and well respected within the industry and we are delighted to be welcoming her to Leopardstown Racecourse,” Tim Husbands MBE, CEO of Leopardstown Racecourse, commented.

Hedley added, “The chance to join the team at Leopardstown Racecourse, one of the leading Flat and National Hunt tracks, was too good an opportunity to pass up and I look forward to playing my part in reinforcing that status within the industry. Its heritage and sense of place, combined with the fantastic racegoer experience it already provides, makes it somewhere I'm really looking forward to being part of in the new year.”

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Coolmore has extended their support of the G1 Matron S. at Leopardstown during Irish Champions Weekend, Leopardstown announced on Monday. The race, which has twice been voted the highest-rated race for fillies and mares by the Longines World Thoroughbred Rankings, will be officially known as the G1 Coolmore America Justify Matron S. Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky stands two Triple Crown winners, American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Justify (Scat Daddy). The 2019 edition of the Matron was landed by Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}).

“Coolmore are delighted to be maintaining all of our Irish race sponsorships at pre-covid levels including the flagship Coolmore America Justify Matron S.,” said Coolmore’s David O’Loughlin. “American Pharoah has already enjoyed fantastic success on both sides of the Atlantic with his first crop and as the best son of Royal Ascot phenomenon Scat Daddy, we expect the same from Justify in due course.”

Added Tim Husbands MBE, Leopardstown CEO, said, “We are very grateful for the continued support of Coolmore with their sponsorship of the Coolmore America Justify Matron S. This race is a highlight of Longines Irish Champions Weekend and is consistently one of the leading fillies and mares’ races in the world. The success of Longines Irish Champions Weekend would not be possible without our partners and Coolmore are an integral part of this.”

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