YOU may have seen that the British Horseracing Authority is offering the owners of Grade 1 winners at Cheltenham a £20,000 credit note to be used against training fees for a new horse placed in training in Britain.

It remains to be seen if that initiative pays off but, in the meantime, Horse Racing Ireland’s Ownership department took the opportunity last week to wish good luck to the owners of Irish-trained runners at the Festival by hosting a party on the eve of the meeting.

J.P. McManus, Audrey Turley and Brian Acheson were among the leading owners in attendance at the social event, which was sponsored by Savills.

MC for the evening was Fran Berry and HRI’s chief executive Suzanne Eade was among the speakers.