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Moyglare Stud Stakes
29/08/2010

All Ladies go free at the Curragh races

Ladies will take centre stage at the Curragh races on Sunday 29th August and to celebrate, the Curragh is offering free admission to all female race goers.

The Moyglare Stud Stakes, one of Ireland’s top races for fillies, will be the highlight on the track, while Moyglare Stud has joined forces with Newbridge Silverware for the inaugural “Search for a Style Icon” competition. The winning lady will received a €5k gift voucher redeemable in the Newbridge Silverware Showrooms as well as an exquisite piece from the Newbridge Silverware Vintage Collection.

The style icon judging panel will included the 2010 Rose of Tralee, for her very first official appearance.

The Kildare v Down game will be shown on screens through the racecourse and to encourage people to watch the game and enjoy great racing, admission has also been reduced to €10, Under 25s and Seniors will be €5 and children under 16 free, while of course all ladies will enjoy free admission.

Evan Arkwright, Commercial Manager of the Curragh commented, “We are looking forward to what promises to be an exciting day and would especially encourage anyone who haven’t a ticket for Croke Park to come and watch the match here and enjoy great racing and entertainment for all the family”

Other races featuring on an high quality programme include the Goffs Flying Five (Group 3), with Ireland’s leading bloodstock sales company supporting the top sprint contest for the first time, while the Go and Go Round Tower Stakes (Group 3) and Dance Design Stakes (Group 3) are other notable races taking place.

2.15 Mad About You 2yo Maiden
2.45 Go and Go Round Tower Stakes
3.15 Dance Design Stakes
3.45 Goffs Flying Five
4.15 Moyglare Stud Stakes
4.45 Social Harmony Irish Cambridgeshire
5.15 Free to Speak Apprentice Handicap

Moyglare Stud is owned by Swiss businessman Walter Haefner, who is now in his 100th year
In 1962 Walter Haefner purchased the 440-acre (1.8km2) Moyglare Stud Farm near the town of Maynooth, County Kildare, in Ireland. His Thoroughbred racehorses have won numerous Group One and British Classic Races in England, Ireland, and France as well as important races at other venues in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong.

In the United States, Moyglare’s racing stable was handled by trainer Christophe Clement while Dermot K. Weld is the trainer in charge of its European operations. In 1991, Weld became the first European-based trainer to win a race in Hong Kong when Molyglare’s colt Additional Risk won the Hong Kong Invitational Bowl at Sha Tin Racecourse.

In 1975, the Curragh Racecourse honored Moyglare’s contribution to Irish racing by naming a Group I race the Moyglare Stud Stakes. In 1988, Trinity College, Dublin awarded Walter Haefner an Honorary Doctorate for his services to the Irish bloodstock industry and for his contributions to education in Ireland.

Selective major race wins by some of the horses owned or bred by Moyglare Stud Farm:

Additional Risk – Hong Kong Bowl
Again Tomorrow – Premio Parioli
Assert – Prix du Jockey Club, Irish Derby Stakes
Bikala – Prix du Jockey Club, Prix Ganay
Brief Truce – St. James’s Palace Stakes
Carwhite – Prix d’Ispahan
Casual Conflict - Tattersalls Gold Cup
Dance Design – Irish Oaks, Pretty Polly Stakes (2), Tattersalls Gold Cup
Definite Article – Tattersalls Gold Cup, National Stakes
Dress To Thrill – Matriarch Stakes, Matron Stakes, Sun Chariot Stakes
Go And Go – Belmont Stakes
Market Booster – Pretty Polly Stakes, Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
Media Puzzle – Melbourne Cup
Refuse To Bend – 2,000 Guineas, National Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes
Relaxed Gesture – Canadian International Stakes
Stanerra – Japan Cup
Trusted Partner – Irish 1,000 Guineas