THE second running of the two-year-old Auction Series, sponsored by the the Irish European Breeders’ Fund, is up and running with increased prize money for the final race from €75,000 to €100,000. The series has 17 qualifying races before the valuable final at Naas on October 16th now worth €100,000.

To be in with a chance to enter the final in October, each horse must have run in one of the qualifying races and be EBF eligible. The races are aimed at horses purchased as yearlings or two-year-olds at public auction for not more than €72,000 with allowances for fillies and for horses purchased at a lower auction price. The purpose of the series is to give a lucrative opportunity to race a two-year-old purchased at the middle to lower end of the auction market.

Nessa Joyce, manager of the Irish European Breeders’ Fund, said: “The Governors of the Irish EBF are very supportive of this series and want to give purchasers of yearlings and two-year-olds under €72,000 an extremely valuable race to target in October at Naas Racecourse.

“For example, any EBF eligible two-year-old bought at the Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale (Friday May 20th) will be eligible to run in one of the qualifying races and be in with a chance to enter the €100,000 final in October.”

Races in the series to date:

Details of series races from July to October will be published shortly.