Irish bookmaker BoyleSports has renewed its deal with HRI Racecourses for the sponsorship rights of the Irish Grand National. The partnership will run until 2027, taking the length of the collaboration between the two entities to a total of 13 years. Thanks to the new arrangements, the Irish Grand National will accumulate a total prize fund of €500,000, which makes …
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The Board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has approved new media rights arrangements for Irish racing for a period of five years starting in 2024. The Board welcomed the unanimous approval of the Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR) Board for this deal and the authorisation for AIR to conclude contractual arrangements for 21 of its 26 member racecourses. However, five …
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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has outlined the two preferred bidders for its media rights packages, selecting SIS (Sports Information Services) and Racecourse Media Group (RMG). The two packages cover separate areas of horse racing content distribution from across Ireland’s 24 racecourses, and both will be awarded for the 2024 to 2028 seasons. Covered under the first package are media rights …
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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has revealed its 2021 year-end figures which reported an on-course betting bookmaker turnover of €12.9m, showing an increase of 67.5% on the previous year. Results suggest that the industry has ‘bounced back from a difficult 2020’, with most figures far ahead of both the previous 12 months and the pre-pandemic figures of 2019. Suzanne Eade, CEO …
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The Racing Post and Leopardstown have announced an extension to their partnership, with the outlet providing title sponsorship and race sponsorship of day one of the racecourse’s Christmas Festival. Under the terms of the four-year agreement, day one of the festival will continue to be called Racing Post Day, whilst the feature race of the day will be billed as …
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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has permitted race tracks across the country to allow crowds of up to 500 to attend fixtures, including racecourse members and general spectators. As reported by the Racing Post, the Irish horse racing authority has confirmed that it is ultimately the decision of individual racecourses to decide capacity limits, following the decision by the government to …
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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is looking for a new CEO as current incumbent Brian Kavanagh has announced he will be vacating the position in September this year. As CEO of the governing body responsible for horse racing in Ireland, Kavanagh oversaw several major milestones and challenges during his tenure, including the implementation of the country’s updated betting tax framework, closely …
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Online gambling operator Betfair has severed its connections with Gordon Elliott, after an image of the renowned Irish racing trainer sitting on a dead horse circulated on Twitter. The picture of the trainer sat on the horse, which allegedly died of a heart attack, is reported to be some years old, and first surfaced on social media on Saturday. Despite …
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Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has announced that it will launch a new mobile application, assisted by digital and data consultancy PTI Digital. The creation of the app is part of HRI’s wider digital vision that will deliver growth and revenue for the business, enhance race day experience, engage key audiences and meet wider HRI strategic objectives. In March last year, …
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Marking the return of racing, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has secured a new broadcast agreement with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to boost the coverage of the sport. As part of the agreement, RTÉ confirmed that it will be launching a series of new one-hour evening programmes on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in June and early July. Coverage will be presented …
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