Irish Thoroughbred Marketing

Goffs have teamed up with Naas Racecourse and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) to introduce a new two-year-old breeze-up sale in Ireland for 2025. The breeze will take place at Naas on Tuesday, June 3, with the sale being staged at Goffs on Wednesday, June 4. A practice breeze will also be held on the Bank Holiday Monday, June 2. Announcing the new breeze-up sale, Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby, said, "We are thrilled that Naas Racecourse has agreed to host the trackwork to enable this exciting new breeze-up sale in...

Michael O'Hagan, the former CEO of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM), announced on Monday the launch of his own business, MOH Consultancy. Following a long career in the racing and bloodstock industries spanning various different roles--latterly spending nine and a half years as international advisor and representative to the Dubai-based Al Basti Equiworld--O'Hagan is now embarking on a new venture which will see him offer his experience and expertise to not only the thoroughbred industry worldwide, but also the wider business community. O'Hagan said, "In the unique positions I have held...

Since its launch in 2021, Horse Racing Ireland's IRE Incentive program has awarded over €3,500,000 in €10,000 bonuses to the owners of Irish-bred winners of scheme races. The IRE Incentive scheme awards a bonus of €10,000 to owners of Irish-bred winners of selected races across the Flat and National Hunt programmes in Ireland and Britain and the owners of each eligible winner--those carrying the [Ire] suffix and Foal Levy compliant--have until the end of the following year to spend their bonus on Irish-breds at Irish sales. Over 250 individual owners...

A new Irish bloodstock industry survey was launched by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) on Friday. The aim of the survey is to hear the views of all those involved in Thoroughbred breeding and sales on subjects like selling in Ireland, the IRE Incentive, and Brexit. The survey is anonymous and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The survey, which will remain open until early October 2023, is available here.

The third annual IRE Incentive Raceday at Newbury on Friday, July 21, will be sponsored by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. The day's feature race will be the Listed IRE Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl S. for 2-year-olds. Three additional juvenile races on the card will also be included in the ITM IRE Incentive scheme. Should the winner of any 2-year-old race on the day be Irish-bred and foal levy compliant, the winning owner will receive a €10,000 sales bonus, which can be redeemed against other Irish-bred and foal...

Entries are now open for the Irish EBF Barrier Trials at Limerick Racecourse on Monday, July 3. Operated by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) and backed by the Irish EBF and the IHRB, Trials are open to unraced 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds. This is the first time Irish EBF Barrier Trials will have been held at Limerick. The Trials will be run over 6 1/2 and 7 1/2 furlongs. Notable Trial graduates include G1 Al Quoz Sprint winner A Case Of You (Ire) and recent G3 Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Blue...

Entries are now open for the Irish EBF Barrier Trials at Naas Racecourse scheduled for Monday, May 29. The trials, restricted to unraced juveniles and 3-year-olds, are operated by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) and backed by the Irish European Breeders' Fund (IEBF) and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). The 2023 edition will be back on turf for the first time since 2019, and all the trials will be conducted over six and seven furlongs. Notable graduates of the trials include Group 1 winner A Case Of You (Ire) (Hot...

Better than 30 stallion farms in Ireland are set to greet the public during Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM)'s Irish Stallion Trail, to be staged Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14, 2023. The Trail was limited to the breeding industry only in 2022 due to COVID-19, but will offer breeders, racing professionals, and racing fans the opportunity to view some of the world's leading Flat and National Hunt stallions at Ireland's outstanding thoroughbred breeding facilities free of any restrictions. "We are delighted that the ITM Irish Stallion Trail will once...

The 2022 Danish Oaks will be sponsored by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing in partnership with Klampenborg Galopbane. Held on Sept. 4, 2022, the ITM Danish Oaks is one of the flagship races on the Scandinavian calendar. A €2,000 voucher for the Irish sales will be awarded to the winning owners of the fillies' Classic at Klampenborg on Sunday. Alex Cairns, ITM Scandinavian Representative, said, "ITM are thrilled to expand our sponsorship portfolio in Scandinavia to include such a prestigious race as the Danish Oaks. We have fostered close relations with our...

The initial session of Irish EBF Barrier Trials gets underway July 5 at Dundalk Stadium. Beginning at 1p.m. (local time), a total of 10 Trials are scheduled, comprised of tests for unraced 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds over five-seven furlongs. Operated by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) and backed by Irish EBF and the IHRB, Trials are principally serve as formative trials for inexperienced horses. Notable Trial graduates include G1 Al Quoz Sprint winner A Case Of You (Ire) and G3 Gordon S. scorer Ottoman Emperor (Ire). Trials are available to view on...

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) has teamed up with Chelmsford City Racecourse in the UK to offer €120,000 in bonuses and sales incentives in 2022. A €10,000 bonus will be awarded to the owner of the winner of each of 12 races throughout the season if the winning horse is eligible under the 'IRE Incentive' scheme for Irish-breds who are foal levy compliant. The €10,000 is awarded in the form of a sale voucher to be used against a purchase at an Irish bloodstock sale for stock which also meet those...

Having taken place as a virtual event last year when played out solely on social media, the ITM Irish Stallion Trail returned by popular demand this week, though attendance was limited to those directly involved in the breeding industry. As a seasoned trail-hopper who has partaken in each event since its inception seven years ago, my preferred modus operandi in order to see as many stallions as possible is to be at Coolmore Stud for the opening 10 a.m. show and make my way back towards Dublin from there via...