HRI Fact Book 2008 - Horse Racing Ireland

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JUNE 2008 Aidan O’Brien-trained Ice Queen, who finished last in the Epsom Oaks nine days previously, bouncing back to form in spectacular fashion to win the featured Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes (Group 3). Elsewhere on the card, the Kerry Spring Water Rochestown Stakes (listed) saw an impressive winning performance from the Kevin Prendergast-trained Heart Of Fire, who made all the running to prevail easily under Declan McDonogh. Royal Ascot is always one of the highlights of the Flat season and 2008 witnessed the Irish raiding party enjoy a remarkable level of success. The opening day saw Aidan O’Brien and Johnny Murtagh complete a Group 1 double, with Haradasun winning the Queen Anne Stakes and Henrythenavigator winning the St James Palace Stakes. The pair went on to gain further Group 1 glory at the meeting with Duke Of Marmalade winning the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and the remarkable Yeats gaining a historic third consecutive win in the Ascot Gold Cup. It was then Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning who took the honours on the Friday of the meeting, with Cuis Ghaire landing a massive public gamble in the Albany Stakes before Lush Lashes won the Coronation Stakes in impressive fashion. The opening days of June were dominated by the fallout from Jim Bolger’s highly-controversial flip-flop on deciding to run New Approach in the Epsom showpiece after all, which provoked a massive reaction from punters and media alike. However, Bolger had the last laugh when the son of Galileo came from a long way back to get the better of Tartan Bearer by half a length under an inspired Kevin Manning ride at Epsom. The previous day, Soldier Of Fortune had added yet another Group 1 win to the Ballydoyle tally when winning the Juddemonte Coronation Cup at the same track. Tipperary is often used as a starting point for a useful juvenile and, in early June, THE PREVIOUS DAY, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE HAD ADDED YET ANOTHER GROUP 1 WIN TO THE BALLYDOYLE TALLY WHEN WINNING THE JUDDEMONTE CORONATION CUP AT THE SAME TRACK. one such individual was sent to the track by David Wachman. Sent off at 10/3, Bushranger readily accounted for the much more experienced Nubar Lady and would go on to much better things later in the year for his young trainer. One of the biggest days in Cork’s racing year took place in mid-June, with the Back on the domestic scene it was soon Irish Derby weekend and the feature race of the middle day of the meeting, the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (Group 1), was won by the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Promising Lead under Ryan Moore. In what was an exciting and controversial renewal of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1), the Aidan O’Brien-trained Frozen Fire swept to the lead in the closing stages to prevail under Seamie Heffernan. However, the aftermath of the race centred on the errant run of the winner’s stablemate, Allesandro Volta, who veered violently across the track one furlong out, hampering a number of the main protagonists and resulting in him being demoted from third back to fourth in the subsequent Stewards Enquiry. 14 FACTBOOK 2008
JUNE ATTENDANCE FIXTURES TOTE BOOKMAKERS SP SHOP NO OF RUNNERS 2008 132,972 34 4,093,440 12,787,999 801,124 3,201 2007 120,704 33 3,849,820 13,178,209 835,368 2,960 VARIANCE 12,268 1 243,620 -390,210 -34,244 241 % VAR 10.2% 3.0% 6.3% -3.0% -4.1% 8.1% FACTBOOK 2008 15
Page 1: HORSE RACING IRELAND FACT BOOK 2008
Page 4 and 5: INTRODUCTION On behalf of Horse Rac
Page 6 and 7: JANUARY 2008 Hangover winning the c
Page 8 and 9: FEBRUARY 2008 The Hennessy Cognac G
Page 10 and 11: MARCH 2008 success when the Tom Taa
Page 12 and 13: APRIL 2008 Having landed six of the
Page 14 and 15: MAY 2008 The first Classics of the
Page 18 and 19: JULY 2008 Aidan O’Brien’s remar
Page 20 and 21: AUGUST 2008 surgery to realign thre
Page 22 and 23: SEPTEMBER 2008 On Tattersalls Milli
Page 24 and 25: OCTOBER 2008 career spanning a deca
Page 26 and 27: NOVEMBER 2008 Paul Nicholl’s ques
Page 28 and 29: DECEMBER 2008 Over at Kempton, Kaut
Page 30 and 31: ATTENDANCE 2008 TOTAL ATTENDANCE 20
Page 32 and 33: ATTENDANCE ANALYSIS BY MEETING TYPE
Page 34 and 35: BETTING 2008 ON-COURSE BETTING ON-C
Page 36 and 37: POOL BETTING BREAKDOWN OF POOL BETT
Page 38 and 39: AVERAGE TOTE AND BOOKMAKERS COMBINE
Page 40 and 41: HORSES IN TRAINING 2008 AVG. NO. OF
Page 42 and 43: FIXTURES 2008 NUMBER OF FIXTURES 20
Page 44 and 45: ENTRIES AND RUNNERS 2008 TOTAL ENTR
Page 46 and 47: AVERAGE NUMBER OF RUNNERS PER RACE
Page 48 and 49: RUNNER ANALYSIS BY RACE TYPE 2005 F
Page 50 and 51: % OF ENTERED HORSES BALLOTED OUT BY
Page 52 and 53: PRIZE MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS (€) BY
Page 54 and 55: PRIZE MONEY WON IN UK BY IRISH TRAI
Page 56 and 57: PERCENTAGE OF SPONSORED RACES BY RA
Page 58 and 59: LEADING HORSES 2008 LEADING IRISH F
Page 60 and 61: EXPORTS 2008 2008 EXPORT OF IRISH F
Page 62 and 63: VALUE OF IRISH HORSES EXPORTED 2008
Page 64 and 65: CLASSIFICATIONS 2008 HIGHEST RATED
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IRISH CLASSIFICATIONS - FOUR YEAR O
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LEADING N.H. TRAINERS BY NO. OF WIN
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LEADING CONDITIONAL RIDERS BY NO. O
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FIXTURES 2009 JANUARY 1 Thu Fairyho
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MAJOR NH RACES 2009 04.01 Naas Goff
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HRI AWARDS 2008 1 Horse Racing Irel
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CELEBRATION OF IRISH RACING Horse R
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NATIONAL HUNT LEGENDS 1 Horse Racin
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