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Horse Racing Ireland has announced the Fixture list for 2014 and the most significant change is a new ‘Irish Champions Weekend’ which has been created in September.
The Champions weekend will take place on Saturday the 13th and Sunday 14th of September, with racing at Leopardstown on the Saturday and the Curragh on the Sunday.
Brian Kavanagh CEO of HRI said: “I am pleased that HRI has been able to create the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend in September 2014.
“It is planned that Irish Champions Weekend will host at least ten Group races, including up to five Group 1 contests, along with several valuable Premier Handicaps. These two meetings will be promoted and marketed jointly, with the ambition of attracting a major international audience to Ireland.
“Irish Champions Weekend also opens up the opportunity for a new, exciting Tri-Nation series of Autumn Championships linking the top three racing nations of Europe, starting with Ireland’s weekend, followed by the Arc weekend in France and culminating with the British Champions Weekend of racing in October.”
Looks like they will be moving all the big races held in the first couple of weeks of September to one weekend now.
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