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The IrishTrainer
JANUARY 2019
THE NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE IRISH RACEHORSE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION
Jade the apple of
Gordon’s eye
Hatton’s Grace hat-trick for
Apple’s Jade and Gordon Elliott
Saturday 6 April 2019
The Randox Health
Grand National 2019
Total prize fund £1,000,000
ENTRY DEADLINE: 12 pm, Tuesday, 29 January 2019
T HE FE S T I VA L 2019
NAME OF RACE DATE OF CLOSING SCRATCH
RACE 2019 DATE 2019 DATE 2019
The Bulmers Cheltenham Gold Cup 15th Mar 8th Jan 12th Feb
The Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase 13th Mar 8th Jan 12th Feb
The Ryanair Steeple Chase 14th Mar 8th Jan 12th Feb
The Unibet Champion Hurdle 12th Mar 15th Jan 12th Feb
The Sun Racing Stayers Hurdle 14th Mar 15th Jan 12th Feb
The OLBG Mares Hurdle 12th Mar 15th Jan 12th Feb
The Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy 12th Mar 22nd Jan 19th Feb
The RSA Steeple Chase 13th Mar 22nd Jan 19th Feb
The National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup (Amateur Riders) 12th Mar 22nd Jan 19th Feb
The JLT Novices’ Chase 14th Mar 22nd Jan 19th Feb
The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 12th Mar 30th Jan 19th Feb
The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle 13th Mar 30th Jan 19th Feb
The JCB Triumph Hurdle 15th Mar 30th Jan 19th Feb
The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race 15th Mar 30th Jan 19th Feb
The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase 12th Mar 19th Feb
The Boodles Juvenile Novices’ Handicap Hurdle
13th Mar 19th Feb
(registered as The Fred Winter)
The Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle 13th Mar 19th Feb
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 14th Mar 19th Feb
The Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Steeple Chase 12th Mar 19th Feb
The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate
14th Mar 19th Feb
(A Handicap Steeple Chase)
The Pertemps Final Network Final Handicap Hurdle 14th Mar 19th Feb
The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Race 15th Mar 19th Feb
The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Steeple Chase 15th Mar 19th Feb
The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle 15th Mar 19th Feb
The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase 13th Mar 26th Feb
The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (NH Flat Race) 13th Mar 26th Feb
The Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle 14th Mar 26th Feb
The St. James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 15th Mar 26th Feb
If you have any questions about the race programme, please contact Simon Claisse
on 07785 293966 or via e-mail Simon.Claisse@thejockeyclub.co.uk
E A R LY CLOSING DAT ES
For all race conditions head to:
www.cheltenham.thejockeyclub.co.uk/
more-information/owners-trainers
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Foreword
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who attended the AGM on
Tuesday, 11 December. We had a good turnout, where a lot of
issues were discussed. I can assure the members the Committee
will be working hard on your behalf during the year. It is not
always possible to have all the trainers’ wishes granted, but we do our best to put the trainers’
viewpoints to the relevant bodies, the I.H.R.B. and H.R.I. Again, I must stress to members to
tell us their concerns so that we can help.
On behalf of the Chairman and the Committee I would like to welcome our three new
Committee Members, Tracey Collins, Gordon Elliott and Eugene O’ Sullivan. Thank you also
to the three outgoing members - Jessica Harrington, Eoin Griffin and Dermot Weld - for their
outstanding work while they were in tenure.
Those who were unable to attend on the day and would like a copy of the minutes, please
contact the office on 045-522981 or email office@irta.ie
Kind regards,
Michael Grassick / Irish Racehorse Trainers Association
CONTENTS
Winners Abroad and upcoming sales dates . . ................. 4
AGM 2018 report . . ....................................................................6
IHRB notice - lodging of passports ................................. 12
Products of the month ......................................................... 13
COVER PHOTO: Owner: Gigginstown House Stud
Trainer: Gordon Elliott Breeder: M Ronny Coveliers
Non-runner telephone line and winter safety. . ............. 14 Jockey: J W Kennedy Photo: Caroline Norris
Irish Racehorse Trainers Association – Curragh House, Dublin Road, Kildare
Chief Executive: Michael Grassick Council Members:
Chairman: Noel Meade Jim Gorman Tom Hogan
Vice Chairman: Michael Halford Andrew McNamara Eric McNamara
Aidan O’ Brien Andy Oliver
Tel: 045 522 981 Mob: 087 258 8770 Patrick Prendergast Jnr. Tracey Collins
email: office@irta.ie Gordon Elliott Eugene O’Sullivan
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Winners abroad
The National Hunt was led by Josie’s Orders Joseph O’Brien and Rightdownthemiddle for
in the Glenfarclas Chase at Cheltenham for Gordon Elliott.
Enda Bolger, followed by Cold Shoulder and
On the Flat, it fell to Gavin Cromwell to have a
Bobby The Dazzler going in at Ayr for Gordon
Elliott and Liam Lennon respectively. treble with Sbraase and Earl Of Bunnacurry
at Wolverhampton and the latter again at
Then we had Hidden Dilemma twice at
Southwell. Captain Dan then kicked in at
Carlisle for Stuart Crawford and Yeats Baby
Wolverhampton for John Feane.
at Fakenham for Emmet Mullins. These were
followed by a Leicester double - Camile for Well Done and Congrats.
UPCOMING SALES DATES
22-23 GOFFS UK 26 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM
JAN January Sale 2019 APR Cheltenham April Sale
29-30 TATTERSALLS IRELAND 2 GOFFS
JAN February NH Sale MAY Punchestown Sale 2019
31 JAN TATTERSALLS 2-3 TATTERSALLS
- 1 FEB February Sale MAY Guineas Breeze Up & HIT Sale
5-7 GOFFS 10-11 ARQANA
FEB February Sale 2019 MAY Breeze Up
12-13 ARQANA 14 TATTERSALLS IRELAND
FEB Mixed February Sale MAY May Store Sale
21 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM 18 ARQANA
FEB Cheltenham February Sale MAY The Auteuil Sale
14 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM 20-24 GOFFS UK
MAR Cheltenham Festival Sale MAY Spring Sale 2019
21 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT 24 TATTERSALLS IRELAND
MAR Ascot March Sale MAY Goresbridge Breeze-Up
3 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT 30 TATTERSALLS (IRE) CHELTENHAM
APR Ascot Two-Year-Old Breeze-Up Sale MAY Cheltenham May Sale
4 GOFFS UK 4 TATTERSALLS (IRE) ASCOT
APR The Aintree Sale 2019 - after racing JUN Ascot June Sale
15-17 TATTERSALLS 11-12 GOFFS
APR Craven Breeze Up Sale JUN Land Rover Sale 2019
24-25 GOFFS UK 26-27 TATTERSALLS IRELAND
APR Breeze Up Sale 2019 JUN Derby Sale
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IRTA AGM - 11 December 2018, Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge
Nearly 60 trainers attended the 2018 AGM service and are happy with the results. Members
and Noel Meade asked for a moment’s silence were reminded to go through the IRTA office for
for those we have lost, before thanking the this service in order to avail of the discount.
committee for all their work during the year.
Successful progress was made in relation to
Eugene O’Sullivan, Tracey Collins and Gordon work permits, and it is hoped in the New Year
Elliott were the only nominations for the three positions may be filled by applicants from
available committee places, therefore no Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Brazil.
election was required.
Direct payment of training fees does have
Eddie Harty reported on the benevolent fund, support from HRI, but received a negative
which is draining and should only be called response from AIRO, although it is hoped a
upon for legitimate cases. There had been eight positive outcome can be reached.
deaths this year and as membership increases it
IRTA expects a positive response from HRI in
will dwindle, so this should be looked at.
its request that place prize money be paid
immediately, rather than the 18-day wait for
Free services
clearance as with winning prize money.
Michael Grassick encouraged members to use
the service provided by IRTA and introduced Members are reminded to ensure all staff have
the Association’s new full-time secretary, Ger applied for the stable staff pension scheme. It can
Brett. IRTA can only respond to requests from be worth up to €1,800 a year to each employee.
members and there are some who never get in They can sign up now and it will be backdated.
contact. Grassick expressed concern they are
the people who feel the IRTA does very little on Eamonn Halpin
their behalf. He reminded members of the free
services provided by PA Solutions.
Business issues
Regarding the WRC, it is expected within a
matter of days to see racehorse trainers revert
back to the Dept. of Agriculture, allowing more
flexibility in the arrangement of working hours.
Many members used Eamonn Halpin’s rates
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The decline in the number of trainers down to A query from the floor asked if it were true that
353 is a major concern and IRTA intends to the BHA only began testing for cobalt from 1st
enter into discussions to address this. December. IRTA was unaware of this and had
been told the BHA does already test for cobalt.
Raceday issues We can now confirm that in accordance
IRTA secured two extra meetings on the Flat,
with IFHA policy, both IHRB and the BHA
and thanked HRI and AIR, as well as Shane
introduced cobalt testing in April 2016, with
Doyle at HRI for the introduction of an auction
the same threshold of 0.1 micrograms per
hurdle series. millilitre in urine and 0.025 micrograms per
All Flat horses imported from outside Ireland millilitre in plasma.
rated 60 or less can now run in Irish handicaps,
but off a mark of 60 on their first run, after Staff recruitment
which they will be reassessed according to their Aoife Hanratty Aoife Hanratty explained the
performance. new IRTA-funded website
being created to help
Fines will no longer be imposed when trainers trainers recruit temporary
change the head gear after declaration time, up staff. It will be ideal for sales
to 12pm. and raceday staff and will
ensure WRC compliance.
It is imperative for members to get in touch
with the IRTA office with any issues regarding Employers can post on the job board and
appeals and referrals, as fines have been candidates can upload their CV and references
avoided with the help of IRTA. with the dates they are available. The site is free
to jobseekers, while employers pay a fee.
Rule 90 has been modified and passports to be
lodged one hour before the race time have been The idea arose from trying to send horses to the
granted an additional ten minutes in races but having no available staff, it is similar to
exceptional circumstances if the trainer rings the use of temporary staff at the sales, rather like
ahead and gives notice of the delay. the Farm Relief service. It was pointed out from
the floor there is a fee of €48 for a temporary
IRTA continues to press for the improvement of stable pass, but where a groom already has a
the track at Dundalk. It no longer satisfies the valid card they may go racing for another trainer.
needs of trainers, following a number of reports
of horses being sore and jarred after racing. Staff training
Racecourse stables are continuing to improve HRI will be providing up-skilling courses for staff
and those tracks who have carried out work at RACE and these will be free of charge. A course
had been provided already this year, where eight
were thanked.
people improved their riding skills. A number
of Health and Safety courses will be arranged
Positive tests
for 2019 for IRTA members and their staff.
IRTA needs to deal with the rise in positive
tests for cobalt and arsenic. The BHA uses the The IRTA website is also being maximised and
same laboratory and has not experienced any is now more user-friendly, with templates for
similar spike in the UK, so an explanation is many useful things.
being sought. continued �
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Grassick concluded that IRTA is concerned by reduces time spent on paperwork by 50%.
the problems facing modern racing and will be It provides automatic notification of any
attempting to address issues and discuss solutions vaccinations due and has a section for notes,
in the coming year, by setting up discussions with as with a traditional diary.
the association representatives for jockeys,
It cannot be accessed without permission and
owners, racecourses, staff, breeders and HRI.
a password is required. The standard system is
available free of charge to IRTA members with
15 or fewer horses, and costs €1 per horse per
month for those with 16 or more horses.
Questions from the floor
•B
eing exonerated from a hearing but still
having to pay 50% of costs? It was noted that
a trainer who appeals a case must pay costs
whether they win the appeal or not. This seems
harsh when they have not brought the case.
•W
hy are trainers are still being charged a €42
administration fee by HRI for every horse
entered in Britain, and if this is not done within
two working days of the entry it increases to
Further up-skilling courses to be provided for staff in 2019
€70? The BHA prefers entries made via its
website, but the owner needs to be registered
Opening of nurseries in UK and Ireland
with Weatherbys UK for access.
to British and Irish-trained runners
The BHA are open to the view that Irish-trained •A
fee for the return of passports was introduced
horses may run in British nurseries if HRI in recent weeks but is regarded as an owner’s
reciprocates. HRI asked that this be put to IRTA expense that is being levied against trainers.
members, who recognised there would be a
• I RTA asked that the microchip be included as
flood of British runners, but there will be more
one of the five points of identification in a
opportunities over there for Irish horses than
passport, which the BHA has accepted but
over here for British horses, so AGM attendees
IHRB won’t.
voted unanimously in favour of the idea.
•B
eing fined for withdrawing a horse on race
Equine MediRecord presentation day, despite having the welfare interests of the
Pierce Dargan gave a brief overview of the Equine horse in mind? If the horse is at the races, there
MediRecord system. It can replace the blue should be no fine, although this could be open
medical book, guarantees 100% compliance to abuse. It was requested that the IRTA take a
with inspections, and doesn’t allow incorrect stronger stand on this issue. The discrepancy
entries. It speeds up the inspection process and of stewards taking a more open mind when
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several trainers withdraw horses rather than
just a single trainer was also raised.
•T
here should be an IRTA representative
at every race meeting to question decisions
on behalf of trainers and ensure any ruling
is consistent and fair.
•C
omplaints were aired concerning stable
inspections, and freedom of information
should make the results of any blood tests
taken available. Is it fair to take six bloods
from a horse running that evening? Some
trainers felt they were being singled out. It
was explained there are three different types of
inspection, one checking the premises, another
for passports and feed, and one taking bloods.
There were complaints that the reports were
too petty. IRTA offered a copy of the inspection
checklist to any member, to enable them to
check their level of compliance.
•T
he ITBA NH Fillies Bonus Scheme lacked
clear information concerning the start date
of 1st January for eligibility.
Provision of information regarding going remains a concern
•F
rustration was expressed that races could
are not aware of its importance to trainers.
not be divided if the required number of
Clerks of the Course cannot communicate
runners fell only marginally short. More
with trainers, but the manager often lacks
flexibility was requested.
the knowledge.
•C
ould the fee for a license be reduced for
•W
atering of tracks remains an issue.
trainers with fewer than a certain number
of horses? IRTA pointed out the fees are •C
ould racecourses cease putting public calls
IHRB’s revenue and they would not consider out to trainers and instead ring the trainer
a reduction. on his or her mobile? The calls are generally
trivial, but the public perception is not good.
•T
here are not enough ground updates or
ground details far enough ahead. More •A
call was made for races for trainers who
frequent and detailed descriptions were haven’t won more than ten races. Everyone
requested, at least at time of entry and time of agreed this was a good idea, with at least one
declaration. It was pointed out that stewards race once a week.
continued �
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Michael Grassick and Takashi Kodama John Hayden Sarah Lynam
Joseph O’Brien Jarlath and Seamus Fahey Tom Hogan
IRTA Committee
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IHRB NOTICE
Lodging of passports - update
The Directors of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, using their powers
under Rule 22, have modified Rule 90 (i) with immediate effect to read as follows:
The modifications are underlined.
90. (i) Passports must be lodged with an IHRB Security Officer at least one (1) hour prior to the
time fixed for the running of the race in which the horse is declared to run.
In exceptional circumstances the Stewards may allow an additional 10 minutes for the late
lodging of Passports where the Stewards may allow an additional 10 minutes for the late lodging
of Passports where the Stewards have been notified in advance that a Passport may be late.
If the Passport is not lodged in accordance with this
Rule the Horse shall be withdrawn by the Stewards.
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IHRB NOTICE
Non-runner telephone
line/declaration of
reserve telephone line
Notification of a non-runner for a race meeting will only
be accepted on the dedicated telephone line (045 445645)
at the Office of the IHRB with the excuse for non-running.
To validate the information furnished, the caller will be asked to provide the trainer’s Horse Racing
Ireland account number and the trainer’s date of birth. All calls are recorded for verification and
security purposes. Veterinary certificates, where required, must be sent as usual to the Office of the
IHRB within 72 hours. A trainer failing to lodge a certificate within the time period shall be liable to
a fine in accordance with Rule 194 (v)(vi). Trainers wishing to declare a reserve, a runner or a non-
runner, must do so on the same dedicated telephone line number not less than one and a half hours
before the time scheduled for the first race. If a rider has not been nominated for a declared reserve
the trainer must do so on the dedicated line not less than one and a half hours before the time
scheduled for the first race otherwise the declared reserve will automatically be withdrawn.
Declaration of reserves or of non-runners will no longer be accepted at a race meeting.
The dedicated line number 045 445645 is in operation on a race day until one and a half hours
before the time scheduled for the first race.
Opening hours for the non-runner line:
Race meetings run from Monday to Friday - from 9am
Race meetings run on Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holidays – from 9am
Saturday evening meetings – from 12 noon
For the avoidance of doubt, when a trainer wishes to notify a non-runner or a declaration of a
reserve, the only acceptable method shall be by telephone on the dedicated number 045 445645
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