Irish Stallion Farms And Navan Partner To Support NH Racing

All seven National Hunt races at Navan Racecourse will be sponsored by the Irish European Breeders' Fund (IEBF) on Sunday, December 14, after the racecourse and the IEBF renewed their partnership.

The €145,000 programme features three handicap hurdles, three handicap chases each worth €20,000 and the feature race will be the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Future Champions Flat Race worth €25,000. The full race conditions were published by Horse Racing Ireland in the Irish Racing Calendar on Thursday 13th November with entries closing on Tuesday 9th December.

Nessa Joyce, Irish EBF, manager, said, “Last year was the first time to trial the concept and it was a great success so naturally we were delighted to partner with Navan Racecourse again. While we sponsor a large number of races throughout the year, it is a unique offering to sponsor the entire card. The Irish EBF, which is fully funded by Irish Stallion Farms, have a significant number of registered stallions with progeny who run in National Hunt races and we clearly see the benefit of supporting an initiative like this. It is opening up race opportunities at a time of year that will benefit the trainers and owners of mid division rated horses.”