Irish Derby boosted
NZPA-Reuter New York Starting next June the 119-year-old Irish Derby will be known as The Budweiser Irish Derby and will get a boost in stake money. The Irish Turf Club and the Budweiser beer division of Anheuser-Busch have announced that under a threeyear agreement the brewery will sponsor the thoroughbred race fdr three-year-olds at the Curragh, near Dublin. - _ ; Under the agreement, the purse for next year’s race will total £450,000 Irish ($NZ1,067,338), an increase of £250,000 ($NZ602,608) from this year’s event, making it the richest race in Europe. Anheuser-Busch, the world’s largest brewer, also sponsors the Budweiser Arlington Million in Chicago and a number of other horse races in the United States.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19851218.2.177.9
Bibliographic details
Press, 18 December 1985, Page 48
Word Count
115Irish Derby boosted Press, 18 December 1985, Page 48
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in