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Plusvital Comes On Board as Sponsor of Listowel Harvest Festival
Plusvital is delighted to announce that we are coming on board as a sponsor of this year’s Listowel Harvest Festival, supporting one of the most anticipated fixtures on the Irish racing calendar and the traditional kick-off to the National Hunt season. As part of the partnership, Plusvital is proud to place a particular focus on supporting and recognising stable staff, whose hard work and dedication are essential to the success of racing.
Supporting Stable Staff
Plusvital will contribute €2,500 towards the Listowel stable staff canteen, helping to provide free food and refreshments for stable staff throughout the seven-day festival.
In addition, Plusvital will provide Plusvital packs to stable grooms on one of the days, as a gesture of appreciation for the people working tirelessly behind the scenes to care for and prepare the horses throughout the week.
Plusvital will also sponsor the Best Turned-Out League, with a total prize fund of €2,500 to recognise the yards that go the extra mile in presenting their horses.
The prize fund will be awarded as follows:
- 1st Prize – €1,250
- 2nd Prize – €750
- 3rd Prize – €500
A Partnership with Irish Racing
Eoin Thompson, CEO of Plusvital, said:
“We are delighted to be involved in this year’s Listowel Harvest Festival. Supporting the Best Turned-Out League and the stable staff canteen is a great way for us to recognise the hard work and dedication of stable staff throughout a busy week like Listowel.”
Maurice Carroll, Chairman of Listowel Race Company, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Plusvital as sponsors of the Harvest Festival. Plusvital are an established company and are leaders in promoting the health and wellbeing of horses through their range of equine supplements. It is very appropriate that they are sponsoring the stable staff, who take such good care of the horses and are so essential to our sport.”
The Kick-Off to the National Hunt Season
For many racing fans, Listowel marks the point when attention turns towards the National Hunt season. The Harvest Festival combines competitive racing with the tradition, community and atmosphere that makes Listowel such a special meeting on the Irish racing calendar. Listowel begins on the 20th of September.