WHILE their upcoming four-day Christmas Festival is one of the highlights of the year at Dublin’s only racecourse, Leopardstown is also in the news as it has secured global recruitment specialist ersg as sponsor of the Arkle Chase, a highlight of the first day of the Dublin Racing Festival on Saturday, February 1st.

The Grade 1 ersg Arkle Novice Chase has a role of honour second to none, having been won by such as subsequent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King.