Recording an outstanding 12 winners throughout the eight Summer Series race meetings at Leopardstown, Joseph O’Brien was this evening crowned the inaugural winner of the Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship, taking home €3,000 of Plusvital nutritional supplement or genetic testing products as a result of his win. Dermot Weld, Jessica Harrington, Aidan O’Brien and…
Q: What was your childhood ambition? To represent Ireland in showjumping and ride in the Aga Khan at the Dublin Horse Show. Q: Growing up, who was your sporting hero? Marcus Ehning Q: What sparked your love of showjumping? Shows! Traveling to the shows abroad with my dad and brother were always highlights. Q: What…
After three racing meetings, Joseph O’Brien leads the leading Trainer position for The Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship with 5 Wins and 1 Second followed by Jessica Harrington with 3 Wins and 1 Second. The Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship will run over eight Thursday fixtures from June 3 to August 12, 2021. Each trainer will receive…
Congratulations to Plusvital Brand Ambassador Cathal Daniels who looks set to represent Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this Summer. Cathal Daniels & Rioghan Rua have been nominated by Eventing High Performance Director Sally Corscadden to be considered for selection by the Olympic Federation of Ireland for the Eventing team.
Create Belief gave both jockey Ben Coen and trainer Johnny Murtagh a first Royal Ascot success in the Sandringham Handicap for three-year-old fillies. Plusvital Brand Ambassador, Johnny Murtagh had much success in the saddle at Royal Ascot, registering 43 victories during a distinguished career, but his first as a trainer will have been as sweet…
QIPCO 2000 Guineas hero Poetic Flare was a dominant winner of the G1 St James’s Palace Stakes for Jim Bolger, one of the highlights of Royal Ascot’s opening day. The race, restricted to three-year-olds over the round mile, looked competitive on paper but proved anything but with jockey Kevin Manning and his mount travelling…
We recently caught up with Plusvital Brand Ambassador Paddy O’Donnell, he shared his his top tips while preparing for a return to the competition ring, and his racing car aspirations! Q: What was your childhood ambition? I always wanted to make a career out of horses and the hope was to work hard enough to…
Leopardstown Racecourse have today announced that leading global equine science company Plusvital will sponsor the Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship which will be run over eight Thursday fixtures from June 3 to August 12, 2021. Each trainer will receive points for their successes at each of the meetings with the overall winner being presented with €3000…
The first Irish Classic of the season went down to the wire with two of Jim Bolger’s homebred stars filling the top two places in Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas. Mac Swiney held off the English Guineas winner Poetic Flare to continue a superb season for Jim Bolger. On Sunday, She’s Trouble provided Irish 2,000 Guineas-winning…
We are delighted to announce International Showjumper Andrew Bourns as a new Brand Ambassador for our science-based supplements. Andrew joins show-jumping colleagues Susan Fitzpatrick, Paddy O’Donnell and Matt Garrigan as Plusvital Show-jumping Ambassadors. Andrew was born and raised in Galway, representing Ireland underage earning both a Silver & Bronze Team Medal at the European Pony…
Last week, we announced that Dressage rider Emily-Kate Robinson was joining our Plusvital team of riders. We put some questions to Emily-Kate, find out more about our latest rider below! Q.1) What was your childhood ambition? To be able to compete at the highest level and to ride for Ireland. Q.2) Growing up, who was…
Broome takes the 2021 Plusvital Devoy Stakes Broome trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by Seamie Heffernan took top honours in the 2021 Plusvital Devoy Stakes. Lightly-raced since finishing a close fourth in the 2019 Epsom Derby, the son of Australia took the listed contest in impressive fashion, having been prominent throughout the race. Broome…
