Stable staff awards

Nominations are now open for the 2016 Irish Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards. The awards encompass 10 categories, which carry total prize-money of €70,000. Nomination forms are available online at godolphin.com, issa.ie or from Horse Racing Ireland’s offices in Ballymany in Newbridge. Nominations can also be completed online at goracing.ie. Bernard Caldwell from the Irish Stablestaff Association and his colleagues will be distributing nomination forms at upcoming racemeetings. In addition, every trainer and breeder will receive two nomination forms by post. This year, the Lifelong Learning Award has been replaced by the Newcomer Award. This new award is for an individual who has been working in any area of the thoroughbred racing and/or breeding sector for less than five years and who has shown commitment to, and ambition for, a career in the industry. The 2016 awards will be presented in the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick on Tuesday evening, April 19th.