Roy Rocket Ownership Competition to Support Cancer Trials Ireland

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A competition involving popular grey gelding Roy Rocket (Fr) (Layman) will kick off during the Henry Cecil Open Weekend at Newmarket on Sept. 22, with all proceeds supporting Pat Smullen‘s fundraising efforts for Cancer Trials Ireland. One week after the Pat Smullen Champions Race during the second day of Longines Irish Champions Weekend on Sept. 15, visitors to John and Emma Berry’s Beverley House Stables can meet the famous Brighton specialist and enter a competition to win four owners’ badges for one of Roy Rocket’s race days in 2020. Each entrant must guess the number of spots on Gus the Dalmatian, with the official count being undertaken by independent judge Sir Mark Prescott. The winner is welcome to bring friends and spend a morning with Roy on the Newmarket gallops, and if a correct guess isn’t made, the next nearest number will be deemed the winner. A minimum donation of £10 per guess is requested to support champion jockey Pat Smullen’s fundraising efforts towards important research in the ongoing battle against cancer. Donations and guesses can be made in person at the open day on Sept. 22 or at www.gofundme.com/dotty-about-roy-rocket.

“Cancer touches the lives of almost everybody in some way,” said John Berry. “This year alone, we have lost my mother-in-law Carol Collings and close friend Nicky Murray to cancer, and Emma and I are very keen to support Pat Smullen in the work he is doing to raise money for a charity which will help everyone affected by the disease, wherever they happen to live.

“Thanks to Charlie Fellowes and the committee, the Henry Cecil Open Weekend is always an excellent event, and this year there is the extra bonus of being able to visit Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables. All visitors to Newmarket’s open weekend will be raising valuable funds for Racing Welfare and we hope that fans of Roy Rocket may dig a little deeper to support this charity. We look forward to welcoming visitors to Beverley House Stables for Newmarket sausages, and of course the chance to meet Roy Rocket and our team. Roy is having a deserved three-month holiday but he has ended the season sound and full of beans, and he will be back to race on as a 10-year-old next season.”

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