TOTE IRELAND PROVIDING FESTIVAL FUN Tote Ireland are looking forward to yet another successful Derby festival with turnover expected to reach record figures. The highlight of the meeting will be the addition of betting from the PMU (French Tote) into the Win, Place and Exacta pools for both The Pretty Polly Stakes and The Budweiser Irish Derby. With such exciting and open fields and with the large number of French horses in the Irish Derby, the pools should break all records and provide great value opportunities for Tote punters. Alexis Murphy Chief Executive, Tote Ireland, commented:'This is an exciting time for Tote Ireland as we welcome new international betting partners who provide more liquidity into our pools thereby further increasing the attractiveness of Tote betting. When you have different countries betting into the one pool there can be great value for punters, particularly those who oppose the French horses. One need only look at the French Oaks where Confidential Lady returned a Tote price of over 40/1 relative to the bookmaker S.P. of 8/1. With pools for the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Derby expected to reach high into six figures, we hope to add greatly to the excitement of the Derby Festival and wish a successful weekend's racing and punting to all involved.' Bertrand Belinguier, President Directeur General, PMU, commented'I am very pleased about this new collaboration with TOTE IRELAND, in particular for such a major confrontation with the presence of the French Derby winner in this big race that is the Irish Derby.' There will be a Tote Jackpot Guarantee each day with ?10,000 on Friday evening, ?20,000 on Saturday and ?40,000 on Sunday. Tote Account also have a superb Derby Offer; a ?50 FREE credit to anyone opening a Tote Account Tote will be offering some fun activities for punters on track; even to the extent of ?saving the grace' of our high heeled race-attending ladies, by providing Tote-sponsored golf car transport from the car park to the entrance. It will be worth getting on track early to receive free Tote gifts and promotional bets, all provided to add some spirit and fun to this thrilling Derby Festival.
