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March 28, 2023

Stressed out: New insights for racehorse welfare from cutting-edge genomics research

Temperament is often referred to by winning connections as a crucial element of a racehorse’s success. Temperament reflects patterns of thought, behaviour and emotion and includes the ability to cope with the demands of training. Horses that do not easily adapt to the training environment may have extended periods out-of-training and unsuitable temperament is responsible…

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March 27, 2023

Visualisation victorious in the Plusvital Devoy Stakes

This weekend saw the opening of the flat season at Naas Racecourse. Despite a week of wet weather, the sun shone and racing could proceed. Sponsoring the Devoy Stakes for a fourth year, Visualisation for Joseph O’Brien and Harold Millar was an impressive winner on the day. The 5 year old bay gelding, ridden to…

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March 2, 2023

Supporting racing & recovery

The globalization of racing has eroded the margins of success between trainers. High performance is no longer guaranteed based on pedigrees. A study* carried out on winning margins in racing suggests that the overall percentage difference between first place and second place  is 0.32%, the difference between first and third was 0.75%. Never before has…

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December 7, 2021

Plusvital to sponsor the leading trainer award at the Leopardstown Christmas Festival

Following on from the success of the Summer Series Trainers Championship, Leopardstown Racecourse are delighted to announce leading global equine science company Plusvital will sponsor the Plusvital Leading Trainer Award at this years Leopardstown Christmas Festival.   Joseph O’Brien winner of the Plusvital Summer Series Championship, was on hand to launch the National Hunt edition at his…

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August 22, 2021

Johnny Murtagh’s Sonnyboyliston wins Ebor Handicap

Sonnyboyliston gave Plusvtal Ambassador  Johnny Murtagh a second victory in the Sky Bet Ebor at York on Saturday. Johnny Murtagh previously sent out Mutual Regard to win the handicap feature back in 2014, and Sonnyboyliston fended off Quickthorn to once again take the prize back to Co Kildare. “To have a winner at Ascot, to…

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August 13, 2021

Joseph O’Brien wins the Inaugural Plusvital Leopardstown Trainers Championship

    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…

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June 23, 2021

Plusvital Trainers Championship Leaderboard

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…

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June 18, 2021

Johnny Murtagh enjoys first Royal Ascot victory as a trainer with Create Belief

  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…

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