New Weigh Room Facilities Dedicated To Michael Osborne Punchestown Racecourse will dedicate its new significantly upgraded weigh room facilities to the late Michael Osborne. The building will include enlargement of the jockeys' room, provision of new kitchens, extension of the press room and provision of a new lady jockeys changing room. The work also includes an external betting display screen on the first floor. The work which will start immediately is due to be completed by December 2007 and will cost approx ?300k. Punchestown Manager, Dick O'Sullivan said - 'We are proud to dedicate this new facility to the late Michael Osborne who was a wonderful man and Chairman of Punchestown from December 2002 ? September 2005. He was always of the view that racing's professionals deserve the best possible facilities and this investment will provide just that for jockeys, racing officials and the media. Michael was a great ambassador for Kildare, a county he loved and worked tirelessly for.' The project has been 55% grand aided by Horse Racing Ireland under the Racecourse Capital Development Programme
