Irish racing received a great boost today with the news that Boylesports.com is the new title sponsor of the opening day of the 2010 Punchestown Festival.
The deal will see Boylesports take ownership of the centrepiece, the Champion Chase, on Tuesday, April 20.
The newly titled Boylesports.com Champion Chase has been won by Paul Nicholls trained horses for the last two years and welcoming the announcement the British Champion trainer said: “We have been lucky enough to have the last two winners of the Champion chase at Punchestown.
“It is a great race to win and we are delighted to see Boylesports.com taking over the title sponsorship. We intend on making it a hat-trick this year when we send over either Master Minded or Twist Magic.”
Commenting on the sponsorship, Mark Nunan, Head of Marketing at Boylesports said: “We’re delighted to take the opportunity of sponsoring the Champion Chase at Punchestown.
“We saw it as a natural extension to our very successful involvement with the Champion Novice Chase last year. Punchestown racecourse have proven to be very progressive in their approach to sponsorships and we are convinced that the festival involvement represents great value for our brand. We look forward to April and the great racing ahead.”
With just six weeks to go to the opening day of the Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival, Dick O’Sullivan, Punchestown General Manager, was pleased to welcome the increased involvement of the new title sponsor.
He said: “Boylesports have been great supporters of ours and we are delighted to announce that they will be taking their sponsorship to a new level as title sponsors on the opening day of the Festival. The Champion Chase is a feature race in the Irish jump racing calendar and with past winners including Moscow Flyer, Flagship Uberalles and most recently Master Minded, the quality of the race speaks for itself”.
The Punchestown Festival takes place from Tuesday, April 20 to Saturday, April 24.
