Steve Parkin ends sponsorship of Solonaway Stakes at Irish Champions Festival
Owner-breeder Steve Parkin has ended his backing of the Group 2 Solonaway Stakes at this weekend’s Irish Champions Festival after sponsoring the contest for a decade.
The Solonaway, which will be sponsored by Tonybet on Saturday and was formerly known as the Boomerang Mile, was transferred to Leopardstown and upgraded to a Group 2 in 2014 as part of the creation of Irish Champions Festival the same year.
The move coincided with Parkin backing the contest, first under the banner of Clipper Logistics, before switching to Dullingham Park Stud, his new breeding enterprise, for last year’s running.
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