There will be a significant increase in prize-money for Group 3 and listed races, handicaps, and juvenile maidens during the 2025 Leopardstown Flat season, the racecourse announced on Thursday.
Each of the 16 Group 3 races at the course will see their value rise to a minimum of €60,000 while overall prize-money for the course's eight listed races increases to €45,000. A guaranteed minimum value has been confirmed for each of the five new handicap bands with all 2-year-old maiden races rising to ensure a minimum prize fund of €20,000 per race.
Paul Dermody, CEO HRI Racecourses, said, “We are delighted to be making these significant improvements at Leopardstown to its prize money for the 2025 Flat season. This season, Leopardstown will be increasing their contribution to prize-money by in excess of €271,000 compared to 2024 levels. The total prize-money for the Flat programme at Leopardstown in 2025 is expected to exceed €5.5m before their season ends in mid-October.
“In addition to the increases in the Group 3 and Listed race categories, the minimum values of 0-60 handicaps at Leopardstown will be €12,000, the 0-70s will be €15,000, the 0-80 races will be €20,000, the 0-90 are €25,000, while the 0-100 rated handicaps will come in at €30,000. In conjunction with the Irish EBF, all two-year-old maidens at Leopardstown will now have a minimum value of €20,000.”
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