Givemethebeatboys (yellow) winning last year's Marble Hill © Photo Healy Racing
The Curragh and GAIN are pleased to announce that the 2024 renewal of the GAIN Marble Hill Stakes will be run in the memory of the late Theresa Marnane. The Group 3 contest takes place on Saturday May 25th as part of the Tattersalls Irish Guineas Festival.
Theresa was a hugely popular member of the racing and breeding industry alongside her husband Con and daughters Amy and Olivia.
The family's Tipperary-based Bansha House Stables have been very successful at the breeze-up sales, with graduates including top-level winners Rio De La Plata, Sands Of Mali, Fleeting Spirit, and Amadeus Wolf. Racing Post Trophy (G1) winner Palace Episode and last year's GAIN Marble Hill Stakes (G3) winner Givemethebeatboys are among the horses to have carried the Marnane's yellow and black silks to group-race victories on the track. Different League also carried the silks when beating Alpha Centauri in the Albany Stakes (G3) at Royal Ascot in 2017.
Brian Kavanagh, Chief Executive the Curragh said,
“Theresa was a much loved and dearly missed member of the Irish bloodstock community. The Curragh in association with GAIN is delighted to be able to run one of our most prestigious races for juveniles in her memory, a race which was won last year by the Marnane family owned Givemethebeatboys. We look forward to welcoming Con, Amy, Olivia, their extended family and many friends to the races.”
Philip Gilligan Irish Country Manager GAIN Equine Nutrition commented,
“On behalf of the team at GAIN, we are delighted to offer our support and run the 2024 GAIN Marble Hill Stakes in honour and memory of Theresa Marnane, whose delight at the victory of Givemethebeatboys in last year’s race is a lasting memory for the family. We hope that this will be a fitting tribute to honour her legacy to the bloodstock and racing Industry”.
