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Glorious Goodwood: The first British race linked to the IRE scheme takes place there on Saturday. Photo: Racing Post
Horse Racing Ireland’s popular IRE Incentive scheme will break new ground in Britain this weekend when a €10,000 IRE Incentive voucher will be linked to the EBF Maiden Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Saturday.
The scheme awards a €10,000 Irish Sales voucher to the owners of Irish-bred winners of designated races. Vouchers can be spent on Irish-breds at Irish public auctions.
Since the scheme launched in Ireland in March, €440,000 in vouchers have been distributed to 35 individual owners. The scheme rewards and encourages investment in Irish-bred stock with a view to showing it can pay to buy Irish.
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Making racehorse owners aware of the options available for their thoroughbreds after racing is one of the hurdles facing aftercare providers.
The importance of promotion of aftercare providers was emphasised during the third session of the International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses’ (IFAR) virtual conference series last week.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance operations consultant Stacie Clark and Kristin Werner, senior counsel for The Jockey Club and administrator of its Thoroughbred Incentive Program, described the path from the racetrack to placement into accredited aftercare programs. They emphasized the importance of these organizations’ promoting themselves and communicating to the Thoroughbred industry that they exist so that horse owners are aware of the retirement options for their former racehorses.
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The third session of the International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) virtual conference series concluded Tuesday following speeches on the various paths for Thoroughbreds in different countries at the conclusion of their racing careers. This session was the third in a series of four webinars that compose the 2021 IFAR Conference.
The webinar, “Global Insights on Aftercare (Aftercare Providers, Equine Charities),” was moderated by Donna Brothers, who is part of the horse racing coverage team for NBC Sports in the United States. The list of speakers consisted of Stacie Clark, operations consultant, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (U.S.); Lisa Coffey, founder and director, Racing Hearts (AUS); John Osborne, director of Equine Welfare and Bloodstock, Horse Racing Ireland; Dr. Ignacio Pavlovsky, veterinarian, owner, and breeder (ARG); and Kristin Werner, senior counsel, The Jockey Club, and administrator, Thoroughbred Incentive Program (U.S.).
Interest in Horse Racing in Ireland Increasing
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 7:47 am |
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Updated: April 21, 2021 at 7:49 am
Emma Berry
Following a nationwide poll, interest in horse racing in Ireland has increased, Horse Racing Ireland announced on Wednesday. A poll of over 1,000 people, conducted by the Red C research company between Feb. 8-Feb. 15, aimed at understanding the adult population s attitudes toward horse racing. The results are as follows:
In 2021, 39% of the population have an interest in horse racing versus 23% last year
A total of 85% of racing fans are missing attending race meetings
19% of racing fans plan to attend more race meetings than previously