On behalf of the Pat Smullen Race Day committee, Frances Smullen joined by her children Hannah and Paddy presents a cheque for €240,0000 to Dr Verena Murphy, Head of Research & Business Development at Cancer Trials Ireland. This brings to over €840,000 now raised by the Pat Smullen Race Day & Curragh to Curragh Charity Cycle on behalf of Cancer Trials Ireland. Pat Smullen Race Day raises €240,000 for Cancer Trials IrelandThe 2024 renewal of the Pat Smullen Race Day on August 31 has raised €240,000 in aid of Cancer Trials IrelandNamed in honour of the nine-time champion jockey from Rhode, the race day played host to the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity Race supported by the Breeze-Up Consigners Association, the Curragh to Curragh 100km charity cycle together with many more events and activities which raised funds for Cancer Trials Ireland, the leading cancer research trials organisation in Ireland. The Pat Smullen Race Day, together with the Curragh-to-Curragh charity cycle has now raised in excess of €840,000 for pancreatic cancer research in Ireland and supported the appointment in August 2024 of Professor Grainne O’Kane as the inaugural Pat Smullen Chair in Pancreatic Cancer at University College Dublin. It is only due to their steadfast support each year that we can make this long-term funding commitment to Cancer Trials Ireland.”Organiser of the Curragh to Curragh charity cycle and proud supporter of Cancer Trials Ireland, Gavin Lynch welcomed the consolidation across the two fundraisers “by combining the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Charity Race and the Curragh to Curragh charity cycle we have bolstered the Pat Smullen Race Day at The Curragh Racecourse into an extraordinarily successful fundraiser in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent November 15, 2024 17:01 UTC