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IRE Incentive Scheme Expanded

The IRE Incentive scheme, an initiative designed to stimulate and fortify Irish Thoroughbred breeding, racing and sales, will expand to include over 200 races in Ireland and Britain in 2022, according to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI). The IRE Incentive scheme awards a bonus of €10,000 to owners of Irish-bred winners of selected races across the Irish and British Flat and National Hunt programmes, to be spent on Irish-breds at Irish sales. In its first year, the IRE Incentive scheme awarded over €1,000,000 to over 90 individual owners, contributing to more than €4,000,000 in sales of Irish-breds. Qualifying races in Ireland are 2-year-old fillies' maidens; 2-year-old auction maidens and median auction races; 3-year-old median auction maidens; and National Hunt auction races. Scheme races in Britain include maidens for all sexes; novice races; and fillies listed races. The owners of each eligible winner–those carrying the (IRE) suffix and Foal Levy compliant– will have until the end of the following year to spend their voucher. For more information, click here.

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Irish EBF Continues 2.6M Euro Sponsorship

The Irish European Breeders' Fund will continue with their record sponsorship of €2.6 million in 2022. The second year contributing €2.6 million, it will bring the overall contribution to nearly €54 million since the formation of the Irish European Breeders' Fund in 1983. The spend encompasses nearly 500 races, both flat and National Hunt, that will carry EBF conditions throughout the year.

“The owners of every stallion standing in Ireland, big or small, Flat or National Hunt, have contributed to this amount and as chairman, I'd like to thank them for their contributions,” Joe Foley, Irish EBF Chairman said. “We worked hard to increase our funding to record levels during the last few years to enable prize-money to remain as high as possible through pandemic times and we're pleased to maintain this contribution this year, when we welcome everyone back to the racetracks of Ireland.”

Among events highlighted by the Irish EBF sponsorship is 2-year-old maidens, with 95% of all maiden races carrying EBF conditions and benefitting from added prize-money among the 52 series races worth a total prize-fund of about €1.4 million. The Median Sires Series will feature 26 races and the EBF Auction Series will offer 24 races and two finals including the Irish EBF Auction Series Final of €120,000 at Naas in October. The €300,000 Irish EBF Ballyhane S., a showcase for median races, will take place on the August Bank Holiday Monday at Naas.

Additionally, the support given to National Hunt races includes 22 series races worth over €480,000.

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Magalen Bryant Online Sale Postponed

The sale of horses-in-training from the late Mrs. Bryant's estate, scheduled for Mar. 29 on ARQANA Online, has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Given that the lots are being auctioned for legal reasons as part of her estate, it has been agreed with the Bryant family to hold the sale at a later date.

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Two More Held in French Doping Case

Two more people have been detained in the French doping case which began Tuesday morning with coordinated stable raids throughout the country, according to the Jour de Galop. In Thursday's edition, the JDG reports that one of the two new individuals was connected to steeplechase trainer Luc Gabeur, and the other in the Ile de France region which encompasses Paris. Two other individuals have been released.

Tuesday morning, raids were carried out throughout the country, with 21 arrested in France, one additional person in Italy and one in Spain. In Thursday's JDG, Piallat confirmed that two veterinarians, Diego Uson of Spain, and Bertrand Franquet were among those detained. The paper said that according to their sources, raids were carried out Tuesday morning at the stables of David Cottin in Lamorlaye, just outside Chantilly, and in La Teste in Luc Gabeur's stables, which were very similar in nature. Workers were asked to wait in the break room, their mobile phones confiscated, while the searches were carried out, the JDG said.

Wednesday morning, the horses returned to training as usual.

“We are trying to establish the roles of one to another, their relationships and their level of responsibility,” Stephane Piallate, the head of the central service of racing and gaming, told the JDG. “Some people have been revealed to probably have a more important role than we thought at the start, serving as some sort of regional relays distributing these doping products. We are at the heart of an important process of identifying and verifying the elements of proof. Working in connection with the expertise of horse racing laboratories, we are waiting for the results of the analyses.”

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