Gosford Race Club will sponsor three riders in Racing NSW and Equestrian Australia’s Equimillion Equestrian Competition at Sydney in October.
In its first year, the event will offer more than $1M in prizemoney, distributed across four disciplines for retired thoroughbreds; Eventing, Jumping, Dressage and Show Horse awarded to Junior, Amateur and Open Professional Competitors within each division.
The club received a huge response to its request for applicants, awarding two full sponsorships to local riders Skye Regan and Sally-Ann Gemenis.
Regan will compete in Eventing and Show Riding with the former Kylie Gavenlock-trained Deangelo.
The gelding concluded his racing career at Gosford in 2018, before being re-trained by Regan at the beginning of this year.
“I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to compete in the Equimillion event thanks to the race club’s sponsorship,” she said.
“To be able to participate in an event with such high-level riders will be an amazing experience and one I’m sure I will take much wisdom from.”
Gemenis will be compete in Show Jumping, with Greg McFarlane’s Golden Tycoon.
The eight-year-old gelding’s most significant win was in 2019 when it took out the Polytrack Provincial Championships Gosford Qualifier at Newcastle, going on to compete in the final at Randwick.
The club has also offered Annie McDonald a part sponsorship for her horse, Lucky Dubleo.
McDonald currently works for Gosford’s Jake Hull who secured his first win as a registered trainer in December 2022 and his first metropolitan win earlier this year.
Lucky Dubleo (known as Lacey) has previously been the face of The Coast campaign.
The Equimillion will be held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre on the October long weekend.
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Gosford Race Club