Boylesports back Punchestown feature
Master Minded wins at Punchestown last season
Tuesday March 09 2010
Boylesports.com is the new title sponsor for the opening day of the 2010 Punchestown Festival.
The deal will see Boylesports take sponsorship of the the Champion Chase on Tuesday, April 20.
The newly-titled Boylesports.com Champion Chase has been won by Paul Nicholls-trained horses for the last two years.
Welcoming the announcement, the British champion trainer said: "We have been lucky enough to have the last two winners of the Champion Chase at Punchestown.
"It is a great race to win and we are delighted to see Boylesports.com taking over the title sponsorship. We intend on making it a hat-trick this year when we send over either Master Minded or Twist Magic."
Mark Nunan, head of marketing at Boylesports, added: "We're delighted to take the opportunity of sponsoring the Champion Chase at Punchestown.
"We saw it as a natural extension to our very successful involvement with the Champion Novice Chase last year."
With six weeks to go to the opening day of the Punchestown Festival, general manager Dick O'Sullivan said: "Boylesports have been great supporters of ours and we are delighted to announce they will be taking their sponsorship to a new level.
"The Champion Chase is a feature race in the Irish jump racing calendar and with past winners including Moscow Flyer, Flagship Uberalles and most recently Master Minded, the quality of the race speaks for itself."
