Horse welfare takes centre stage at IRT charity race night

Animal welfare and the work of the Horse Ambulance Trust will be firmly in the harness racing spotlight at Addington Raceway on Friday night.

Global horse transporters IRT is sponsoring the meeting with their “IRT Supports Horse Welfare Race Night”.

The aim of the night is to spread the word about the trust and also raise money to go towards its operation. They will be collection buckets at the Spectators bar on course and funds will also hopefully be raised though a series of bets to be put on chosen racing media personalities. They will be given $300 betting vouchers to spend on their own sponsored races.

Well-known racing journalist Michael Guerin has named his race the Janice Guerin Memorial after his late mum and has matched the $300 with $300 of his own money. All proceeds will go the Horse Ambulance Trust.

The races are :

IRT Thanks Craig Thompson aka “The Whale”
IRT Thanks Matt Cross
IRT Thanks Jason Patterson
IRT Thanks Nicole Sims & Marc Cookson
Janice Guerin Memorial
IRT Thanks Greg O’Connor
IRT Thanks Brittany Graham
IRT Thanks Aaron White
IRT Thanks “Champion Sire” Bettor’s Delight

The Horse Ambulance Trust has 10 specialist ambulance units around the country.

To find out more about their work click here

IRT’s Managing Director Richard Cole, and wife Sheena, as well as the Horse Ambulance Trust’s Jo Starr will all be on course on Friday night.

To see the fields for Friday’s meeting click here 

From Harness Racing New Zealand