Tipp could host Breeders’ Cup ‘if track approved’

THE multi-million dollar Breeders’ Cup racing fixture could leave the United States and come to Ireland if a sporting and leisure complex gets the go-ahead, according to champion trainer Aidan O’Brien.

Yesterday, along with his wife Anne-Marie, he voiced his support for the €460 million “Tipperary Venue” incorporating a hotel/casino, racing track and 15,000-capacity indoor entertainment venue.

The couple made a submission to the second day of an oral hearing being held by An Bord Pleanála into plans by businessman Richard Quirke to develop the project on an 800-acre site at Two-Mile-Borris outside Thurles.