Race goers were back at it last night as the fourth meeting of the Plusvital Trainers Championship at Leopardstown Race Course Summer Series got underway. The rain stayed away to see the favourite Rampage take the Plusvital Supplements Handicap. Trained by Tom McCourt and ridden to victory by James Ryan, both winning trainer and breeder…
Plusvital are delighted to announce partnership with The Curragh racecourse of the August Summer Series. Four race meetings will take place over the August weekends this summer. Starting on Saturday 12th August featuring the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes, Future Champions Day which takes place on 19th August with the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Futurty Stakes and…
The second of this year’s Leopardstown Summer Series race meetings gets underway tonight, June 15th. With trainers already stacking up the points on the Plusvital Trainers Championship leader board from the first race meeting of the series on June 8th the evening also saw the crowd pleasing Coeur D’or lead the pack home in the…
Leopardstown Racecourse have today announced that Irish equine science company Plusvital will sponsor the Plusvital Leopardstown Summer Series Trainers Championship which will be run over eight Thursday evening fixtures, beginning next week and running to August 24. Each trainer will receive points for their successes at each of the meetings, with the overall winner taking…
As the summer weather has well & truly arrived here are some things to consider in managing your horse’s hydration & mineral levels. Even when horses are not engaging in exercise they will passively start to loss moisture through evaporative from the skin. In a moderate temperature range of 5-20oC this can be up to…
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…
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…
Ahead of the Cheltenham Racing Festival, we went behind the scenes with Supplements Brand Ambassador Gavin Cromwell Racing to see this year’s preparations. Wishing all the team the best of luck this week from all at Plusvital.
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…
With crowds returning to the track and attendance numbers up overall across the four day festival, Leopardstown reminded us just how much we had missed Christmas racing. From the second day of the festival it was clear this year’s Plusvital Trainers’ Championship was set to return to the 2021 recipient, Willie Mullins. Winning six of…
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…
Sonnyboyliston landed top spot in the Irish St Leger at The Curragh to give Johnny Murtagh his first Classic win as a trainer. Sonnyboyliston, who won last month’s Ebor Handicap at York was again riddenby Ben Coen, surged past Twilight Payment in the closing stages. Joseph O’Brien’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment was in…
