Racing-Europe - 2009 Trips

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(Updated January 8, 2009)

We are pleased to present our 2009 trip schedule.

Please note that the trip lengths as described include the departure date from the U.S., the arrival date at the destination, and the earliest return date to the U.S. In most cases, one of the nights will be spent en route overseas.

As always, the trips are designed for easy extension, either before or after the scheduled dates, for those who wish a longer stay abroad.

We hope you will find one or more of our 2009 trips of interest. Please don't hesitate to call or e-mail us if you have any questions about the trips, or if you would like to be listed to go on one. We look forward to going racing with you.

IRELAND
MAY 18 to MAY 25, 2009
8 Days, 7 Nights (including one en route)

The important Guineas Meeting at The Curragh is the focus of this late spring trip, scheduled to fit in between the Preakness and the Belmont. The Classic 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas, one-mile tests for 3-year-old colts and fillies respectively, have major implications for racing championships and future breeding. The Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup is another significant part of the meeting, and there are a number of other races of value and interest. It's a connoisseur's weekend of racing. We'll have an evening of jump racing at prestigious Punchestown, and another at one of Ireland's atmospheric smaller courses. We'll see morning training and visit a number of farms in this country that produces more high-quality bloodstock per capita than any other in the world.

6 nights in County Kildare, near The Curragh
4 days/evenings of racing at The Curragh, Punchestown, and Clonmel
Farm and training area visits in Counties Kildare and Tipperary

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(This Trip Will Close on April 10, 2009)

ARC WEEK IN PARIS
SEPTEMBER 28 to OCTOBER 5, 2009
8 Days, 7 Nights (including one en route)

The Arc de Triomphe, run in Paris every year on the first Sunday of October, is one of the world's great races. Supporting it are two days of racing at Longchamp, six other Group 1 races, and one of the most cosmopolitan gatherings of racing people to be found anywhere. Our Arc trip will include racing at Chantilly, Saint-Cloud, and Vincennes, plus a morning on the training grounds of Chantilly, a horse sale, and Paris at the height of the fall season. We're also offering an optional excursion up to Deauville and the Normandy breeding farms.

5 Nights in Paris, 1 Night in Chantilly
5 days/evenings of racing at Longchamp, Chantilly, Saint-Cloud, and Vincennes
Training visit in Chantilly
Optional Excursion to Deauville and Normandy breeding farms

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(This Trip Will Close on August 11, 2009)