The Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR) is this week shining a spotlight on Roscommon Racecourse, as the staff are busy preparing for their upcoming meeting on Monday, July 10th. This has proven to be one of the track’s most popular race meetings during their season.
The AXA Farm Insurance Midlands National will go to post at Kilbeggan Racecourse on Friday July 14. The race which was promoted to graded status in 2022, is run over three miles and one furlong and is the flagship sporting and social event at the
With less than one week to go, Bellewstown Racecourse is excited to kick off what’s set to be an action-packed summer festival at the track from Thursday, July 6th until Saturday 8th. Racing gets underway on the Hill of Crockafotha on Thursday evening with a
Olive Tonry originally from Limerick but living in Sligo was the winner of The Lodge at Ashford Castle Best Dressed Ladies Day at Ballinrobe Racecourse on Monday evening, June 26th. Olive collected the top prize of a VIP experience at The Lodge at Ashford Castle plus
The Dubai Duty-Free Irish Derby Festival is the highlight of the Irish flat racing season, combining high-quality horse racing with family fun, style, music and food. The three-day extravaganza takes place this year from Friday, June 30th to Sunday, July 2nd, with the 158th running
The Association of Irish Racecourses is delighted to announce that as of this evening all 26 Irish Racecourses have approved the RMG and SIS Media Rights deal and have authorised AIR to sign the contracts on their behalf. On May 9th, 21 of Ireland’s 26
This week’s Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR) column looks ahead to the meeting at Downpatrick Racecourse, which is set to take place next weekend on Saturday, June 17th and Sunday, June 18th. Racing falls nicely in the calendar this year for them with the Sunday
As the summer months approach, the team at Clonmel mRaces has a very exciting evening of racing ahead on Friday, June 9th, when they will host their Bulmers BBQ Race Evening at Powerstown Park for the second year running. The barbecue package is back with
McHale Raceday, Ballinrobe’s richest raceday, takes placen this year on Monday, May 29th. It is now the tenth year of the hugely popular day with an all-jumps card, the first race going to post at 4.30pm. Rásaí BEO, TG4’s highly-acclaimed racing programme, will broadcast live
There has been a great amount of commentary in the media in recent times about various aspects of this deal, but the process has been ongoing for over a year now. It started with the engagement of media rights consultants, who advised on the global
