FOR all of us starved for months for the chance to dress up, the Curragh has teamed up with evoke.ie to host a virtual best dressed lady competition on Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby today.
To enter check out their Instagram where judge Sybil Mulcahy (right) will pick the winner on Saturday evening. The prize includes a table for 10 at Longines Irish Champions Weekend, a stay in the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin and a €500 euro voucher for Tipperary Crystal.
Why not organise your own Derby day party at home and follow the Curragh’s activities on all social media platforms for the three days of the Irish Derby weekend including the latest news, racing and competitions.
Competitions feature prizes those good people at the Curragh are longing to give away:
• 10x €50 free bets for Paddy Power on Twitter
• Paddy Power hats and scarves
• A GAIN Equine nutritiion hamper on Facebook
• Two €50 vouchers from John Brett’s Centra
• Dinner for 10 at the Curragh, a stay in the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin and a €500 voucher for Tipperary Crystal on Instagram with evoke.ie
• Two membership passes for the Curragh for 2021
• Five pairs of three-day festival tickets to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby 2021.
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RACING from the Curragh will be shown live on RTÉ on all three days; Friday from 7pm to 8pm, Saturday 6pm to 8pm, Sun 3pm to 5pm. Racing TV will show all races to an extensive international audience live over the three days.
ITV4 will show the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes and Alwasmiyah Pretty Polly Stakes and recorded highlights of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.
Fox Sports (US) will show live coverage of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby for the first time, attracting a potential audience of 100 million viewers, while the Green Channel in Japan, which is available in 40 million homes, will also take live coverage of the race for the first time.
Extensive international coverage of the Irish Derby also includes broadcasters in North and South America, plus the Caribbean, include TVG (US); CBC, HPI (Canada); ESPN (Latin America, Caribbean) and SportsMax (Caribbean).
Europe will also be served via TV Poland, National Sports Channel (Russia), SilkNet (Georgia), SSport TV (Turkey) and Equidia (France).
Australasia is covered by Sky Racing Thoroughbred Central (Australia), plus Trackside (New Zealand). Tellytrack will broadcast in South Africa, while 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region will be served by the Dubai Racing Channel.
Yas TV in Abu Dhabi will also broadcast a dedicated live programme on Irish Derby Day.
A top-quality free racecard is being produced on all three days in conjunction with Weatherbys which can be viewed on www.curragh.ie/dubai-duty-free-irish-derby.