simon kerins
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Simon Kerins in action on the Tattersalls Ireland Fairyhouse rostrum. Kerins joined the company in 2000 and became CEO last October
...with Simon Kerins, CEO of Tattersalls Ireland about Cheltenham, point-to-pointing and the latest sales calendar
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HE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL became a week of continued Irish magic, the horses trained in the country accruing a record-breaking 23 winners, and so ensuring that by day three the meeting’s Prestbury Cup, the annual British verses Irish challenge, had become an irrelevance. As 13 of those winners were sold at a Tattersalls Ireland Sale, including seven of the 14 of the Grade 1 winners, the smiles were broad amongst the Tattersalls Ireland staff, and certainly cause for satisfaction for the new CEO Simon Kerins, who is now five months into his role having taken over from the departing Matt Mitchell in October. We chatted on the Saturday morning at the end of Festival week and that Kerins smile will have broadened further by the afternoon as the glitter from the Gloucestershire racecourse drifted over the Irish Sea to Dublin, the rugby team securing a Six Nations 32-18 thrashing of England. “Going into the meeting we were hopeful as we knew we had some really nice graduates due to run, but it was an extraordinary week, we couldn’t have foreseen so many winners and Derby Sale graduates as well – that is what we really want, Derby Sale Grade 1 winners,” says Kerins, who joined Tattersalls Ireland in 2000 as a marketing manager after working for Goffs for five years. “Of course, it gives a huge degree of satisfaction and pride when you see your
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