Leopardstown Racecourse announced today that TOS Ireland, the Irish Distributor of Toshiba’s MFP’s, Copiers, Fax and Projectors, will sponsor the Irish Champion Hurdle, which will be run on January 25th 2009.
Formerly the AIG Champion Hurdle, now named the Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle this Grade I contest with a prize fund of €120,000 always attracts the top hurdlers of the day. The 2008 contest saw “Sizing Europe” take the spoils from previous winner “Hardy Eustace” and the other joint favourite “Al Eile”.
Martin O’Sullivan, Managing Director of TOS said: “We have been strong supporters of horse racing in Ireland for many years now and it gives me great pleasure to be associated with this high profile Grade I race in 2009.”
Leopardstown Manager Tom Burke said: “Toshiba is a very welcome sponsor for this prestigious race which always attracts the top hurdlers in training. I would like to pay special tribute to AIG Ireland and particularly Managing Director Seán Hehir for supporting this race for16 years and helping to make it one of the highlights of the National Hunt Season.”
Leopardstown Commercial Manager Ciaran Conroy said: “We welcome Toshiba, as a world-class brand, to this race, which is one of the best promotional vehicles available in Irish sport today.”
TOS Ireland Ltd is a leading supplier of information technology and office equipment products ranging from multi functional print and copying devices (both monochrome and colour), to fax machines, projectors and digital document management products. AS the distributor in Ireland it markets its award winning innovative products both direct in Dublin and through its dealer network throughout the country.
Toshiba, a world leader in high technology, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advances electronic and electrical products, spanning information and communications equipment and systems, internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems and household appliances.