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NOTICE TO TRAINERS - CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2025
Trainers are strongly reminded that the following 3 races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival close for entries with Horse Racing Ireland by 12 noon this Monday 6th January:- The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase - 2m; The Ryanair Steeplechase - 2m 4 1/2f; The Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeplechase - 3m 2 1/2f. (See pages 1233 and 1234 of the Irish Racing Calendar dated 12th December 2024 for full details of these races).
HRI introduce NH Academy Hurdle Race Series
Horse Racing Ireland has announced the introduction of three-year-old NH Academy Hurdle races designed to enhance the development of jumps horses in Ireland. Click the link below for full details.
Click HereDAFM - New Equine Traceability System – Census 2024
Please click the link below to see details from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, regarding a new equine traceability system.
Click HereFRENCH RULE AMENDMENT REGARDING ADDING HORSES with effect from 12th November 2024
Trainers please note the enforcement of the 15-days training rule required to participate in a race in France, effective from 12th November 2024. In accordance with Article 111 of the Rules of Racing (Entrainement d’un cheval entrainé hors de France du Code des Courses au Galop), any horse trained outside of France and entered in a public race in France must be duly declared by its trainer via the France Galop website (Site Pro) at least 15 days before the race the horse will be entered. From now on, if a horse is not declared via the France Galop website at least 15 days prior to the race, the entry will be invalidated. The explanatory guide, can be emailed (in English) if so required and will be available in the next few days. The date from which a horse is authorized to race will be visible in “My training list” section.
BHA Board confirms removal of restriction on overseas runners in Class 5 & 6 Flat Handicaps and Classified Flat Races
The BHA has confirmed that a restriction on overseas-trained runners in Class 5 & 6 Flat Handicaps and Classified Flat Races has been removed. The restriction will be lifted from the end of the turf season in Britain, affecting races staged from Monday 11th November onwards.
New requirements for horses travelling outside of Ireland
Please read carefully the information in the link below regarding new requirements for horses travelling outside of Ireland.
Click HereSurvey for Trainers & Stable Staff
Equuip are funding an investigation into the ‘Mental health and Well-Being of Trainers and Stable Staff in the Irish Thoroughbred Racing Industry’. Click the button below to complete the survey. Must be 18+ to complete, all answers are anonymous and confidential.
Click Here For SurveyFrance Galop - Updated Contact Details
France Galop wish to inform trainers of their updated contact details: REGISTER A TRAINER LICENSE + INTERNET ACCESS / ADD A HORSE / REGISTER AN OWNER LICENSE Email : [email protected] / [email protected] Telephone 00 33 1 49 10 20 30 / 00 33 1 49 10 21 35........ ENTRIES Email : [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] 00 33 1 49 10 21 07 / 00 33 1 49 10 21 73........ JOCKEYS / AMATEUR-RIDERS Email : [email protected] / [email protected] Telephone : 00 33 1 49 10 21 26........ VACCINATIONS: Email : [email protected] Telephone : 00 33 1 49 10 22 81. France Galop no longer use Fax for communication.
Important Reminder - Equine Influenza Vaccinations
Trainers are reminded that in accordance with Equine Influenza Vaccinations Rule 91(ii), a horse shall not be qualified to start if a vaccine has been administered within the previous seven days. For the avoidance of doubt, there must be six clear days between vaccination and Raceday.
Notice from France Galop – First-Time Entries
In order for a foreign-trained horse to be entered in a public race in France for the first time, the horse must be duly declared by the trainer on the France Galop website at least 15 days prior to the day of the race in which the horse is due to take part. This declaration must include its full designation including name, sex, year of foaling, coat, breeding (sire, dam, dam's sire) and the suffix of the country of birth. Furthermore, if the race takes place more than 15 days after the entry closing, the declaration above must be made no later than the day before the general entry closing day. If an entry is not registered due to a non-compliance with this provision, no appeal may be lodged.
French Rule Change concerning Pregnant/Covered Mares' Eligibility to Race
There has been a recent rule change in France concerning pregnant and covered mares eligibility to race. No covered and confirmed pregnant mares may take part in a race. Please click the link below for full details.
Click here for full detailsRETURNING UNNAMED HORSES ON RÁS
Please click the link below for information on returning unnamed horses in training on RÁS.
Click HereNOTICE TO TRAINERS REGARDING QUALIFICATION TO ENTER IN HANDICAP CHASES
Trainers are reminded that Horses rated 102 or less over hurdle that have run in at least 3 or more Handicap Hurdles (Handicap Hurdles with any rating band) may be allowed straight into a handicap chase on a weight equivalent to their hurdle mark. All cases are at the discretion of the handicapper.
NOTICE TO TRAINERS REGARDING STABLE CAPACITY AT RACEMEETINGS
In view of the requirement for one stable for every declared runner at racemeetings, Horse Racing Ireland would like to remind Trainers that every effort will be made to ensure we can obtain the maximum number of runners that the stable capacity limit will allow at all racemeetings. Trainers are asked to note that field size limits in races are being altered right up to declaration time (10am) to maximise the number of runners each day based on stable capacity.
Thu 2, January 2025
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Latest Results
Fairyhouse Wednesday, 01 Jan
15:35 Jump Into January (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race
| 1st | 4. Good Deal | |
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| 2nd | 5. Largy Belter | |
| 3rd | 7. Passenger | |
| 4th | 2. Casterly Rock |
Tramore Wednesday, 01 Jan
15:25 Tom Carroll Memorial H'cap S'chase
| 1st | 13. Maciver | |
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| 2nd | 3. Midweek Voices | |
| 3rd | 15. The Dooner Citizen | |
| 4th | 7. Western Comandor |
Fairyhouse Wednesday, 01 Jan
15:00 Bellshill Beginners S'chase
| 1st | 3. Champ Kiely | |
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| 2nd | 4. Chigorin | |
| 3rd | 5. Chosen Witness | |
| 4th | 6. Cleatus Poolaw (GB) |
