At a gallop: MiRunners comes to Geelong

A COMMUNITY-based thoroughbred ownership organisation has announced a new partnership with Geelong Racing Club to offer units in its seventh two-year-old to the greater Geelong community.

The announcement of the partnership between the club and miRunners was made on Sunday at Geelong Racing Club’s Father’s Day meeting.

MiRunners is an organisation that aims to make premium thoroughbred racehorse ownership affordable, accessible and easy for everyone.

The partnership is the first in a new program miRunners will take around the country, with discussions already underway with organisations, sporting codes, businesses and State racing authorities.

For the Geelong Racing Club, this new initiative is important: it creates a new opportunity for everyone in the Geelong area to form new ties within the community in which it operates, and to make racing more personalised, engaging and a year-round experience for everyone in the community.

The Geelong community thoroughbred will be Not A Single Doubt X Countess Dehere, miRunners’ seventh horse, which will be trained by Troy Corstens out of his Malua Racing Team Corstens operation.

The filly will be based at Geelong racecourse.

MiRunners buys premium-level yearlings and then, without markup, offers ownership in these young thoroughbreds as 1,000 units.

MiRunners bought Not A Single Doubt X Countess Dehere at the 2018 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for $198,000 from Raheen Stud in Queensland.

Each unit therefore costs $198, plus a fee of $15 per month to cover all costs. If more than one unit is bought, the monthly fee drops to $5 for the second unit on.

Units in Not A Single Doubt x Countess Dehere are available for purchase at geelong.mirunners.com. Unit owners in Not A Single Doubt X Countess Dehere get a number of benefits.

Being a community-owned horse, they will choose the filly’s name, and influence and choose the design of her racing silks, which will also carry unique community branding.

As with other owners of other miRunners horses, they will also meet her at special events, receive a certificate of ownership, get weekly video updates from Troy Corstens and the Malua Racing team, have access to a private area at race meets, share pro rata any prize money won, and share in the proceeds of her sale at the end of her career.

Geelong Racing Club president Peter Murrihy said it was great for the club and the region.

“This is a great opportunity for everyone in the Geelong area to become more-involved in premium horse racing, and it forms part of the program Geelong Racing Club has, to continually form new ties with the community we operate in.”

For more information, visit mirunners.com.