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Revised Group Race Programme in Ireland for 2020 Announced - Revised Irish Pattern 2020. 2020 Flat Pattern Book - Irish Pattern Races, Listed Races and Premier Handicaps 2020. Down Royal - Her Majesty's Plate upgraded to a Listed Race. European Pattern Committee 2016 - Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee
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
- Irish National Hunt May-Oct 2014. – Irish National Hunt Oct–Dec 2014. - Enhancements to the National Hunt Pattern Programme (Aug 16 2019) - Enhancements to the National Hunt Pattern Programme (Sep 3 2020)
Insular style illustration of a man riding a horse, from the Book of Kells. Horse racing in Ireland has a very long history. The ancient text Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (Destruction of the Mansion of Da-Derga) mentions chariot races taking place on the Curragh during the lifetime of the monarch Conaire Mór, [1] [2] whose reign is disputed but is believed to have occurred sometime between 110 BC ...
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]
In 2014 the title reverted to the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes and it became part of the Irish Champions Weekend fixture. [ citation needed ] The National Stakes was formerly part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, with the winner earning an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf .
The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 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.