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Race meetings were increasingly advertised in the press, and by 1750 even the English Racing Calendar advertised some 71 Irish events. [18] The origin of the Steeplechase was a 4.5 mile match race between Buttevant and Doneraile, County Cork, across natural countryside, beginning and ending at the eponymous steeples of each of the towns.
Like the majority of Irish courses, it hosts both National Hunt and Flat racing. Built by Captain George Quin and modelled on Sandown Park Racecourse in England, it was completed in 1888 and acquired by the Horse Racing Board of Ireland in 1967. Many important races are held there; racing takes place all year round, with about 22 meetings per year.
"The Curragh race course", a 19th-century print. The name "Curragh" comes from the Irish language word Cuirreach, meaning "place of the running horse". [1] The first recorded race on the plain took place in 1727, but it was used for races before then. [2]
A list of notable National Hunt horse races which take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland, including all races which currently hold Grade 1 or Grade 2 status. Grade 1
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".
Irish horse racing is run on an All Ireland basis, so both the 25 courses in the Republic of Ireland and the 2 courses in Northern Ireland fall under the aegis of Horse Racing Ireland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI; Irish: Rásaíocht Capaill na hÉireann) is the governing body of horse racing on the island of Ireland. It is based in the Curragh, County Kildare, next to the racecourse of that name. HRI was founded in 2001, succeeding the Irish Horseracing Authority, itself the 1994 successor to the Racing Board founded in 1945. [1]
The Irish Classics are five Group One horse races run at The Curragh racecourse during the flat racing season. [1] They mirror the British Classic Races , the original five "classics", with one minor exception.