Leopardstown – TRI Equestrian Raceday Promises Exciting Action
TRI Equestrian Raceday Promises Exciting Action
There are 8 races on the card tomorrow and we are very grateful to TRI Equestrian for their support of the overall day. The action kicks off at 1pm with the Decorated Knight Irish EBF Fillies Maiden which as always is a competitive category, keep an eye out for Ger Lyon’s entry Talacre who is a half-sister to his Classic winner Siskin, the in-form Jessica Harrington can not be overlooked with her 2 year olds and Fly Girl makes her racecourse debut tomorrow in this race. The feature race of the day is the Listed TRI Equestrian Silver Stakes which has attracted 12 declarations, the favourite here is likely to be Bowerman for Ado McGuinness who won the Irish Lincoln earlier this season before narrowly missing out on victory to Ancient Spirit in the Celebration Stakes in the Curragh on his first step up to black type. He aims to rectify this tomorrow and is one to watch in this race, joining him is former Irish Derby winner Latrobe for Joseph O’Brien who has struggled since then, however, he does like Leopardstown as can be seen when he won the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes here last August. It promises to be a great day’s racing so we hope you enjoy it and don’t forget to #BeInvolved from home.
Thursday July 23rd
1.00 The Decorated Knight Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden of €16,500 (Plus 10 Race)
1.30 The Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden of €16,500 (Plus 10 Race)
2.00 The TRM Excellence in Nutrition Handicap of €9,000 (Rated 45-65)
2.30 The TRI Equestrian Superstore & Café Handicap of €9,000 (Rated 45-65) – Div 1
3.00 The TRI Equestrian Superstore & Café Handicap of €9,000 (Rated 45-65) – Div 2
3.30 The TRI Equestrian Silver Stakes (Listed) of €37,500
4.00 The TRM Hoofmaker Apprentice Handicap of €11,000 (Rated 50-80)
4.30 The TRM Kurasyn Handicap of €10,000 (Rated 45-70)
We are very grateful for the sponsors and partners who are working with us while we race behind closed doors and are delighted to have TRI Equestrian, TRM Nutrition, The Irish National Stud & Irish Stallion Farms EBF partnering with us for tomorrow’s racing.
#BeInvolved
There are lots of ways for you to #BeInvolved with racing behind closed doors from the comfort of your home. Take part in our racing fantasy league, try out some Leopardstown Racecourse recipes, watch behind the scenes footage on social media, racing replays on Twitter or live coverage on Racing TV.
Raceday 6 in the Lockdown league was a really high scoring raceday with many teams hitting over 50 points! The Deerpark Stud team top scored highly on raceday six with a whopping 67 out of 70 points. From a total of seven races they picked six winners and one second placed horse which has caused them to rocket from 30th place on the overall table, up to 5th place. Racing Returns still holds 1st place on the overall leaderboard. The first race this Thursday is off at 1pm so make sure to get your entries in at noon.
A-Z of Racing
H is for Hand
A “Hand” is the unit by which horses are measured. One hand is equal to four inches. The hand increases in measurements of a quarter i.e. 16.1, is 16 hands and one quarter which is 65”, which is 5’5”. The average race horse height is 15.3, which is 63”.
