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Limerick Racecourse. Limerick Racecourse (Greenmount Park) is a horse racing venue in County Limerick, Ireland, which stages both National Hunt and flat racing. The course opened in October 2001 and is the first purpose-built racecourse in Ireland in 50 years. The present location is the seventh different horse racing location in Limerick since ...
Limerick Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in the Dock Road (south-west) area of Limerick, Ireland. The stadium has a grandstand restaurant, hospitality suites, fast food facilities and a number of bars. Racing takes place on a Thursday (6:30pm) and Saturday (7.30pm). [1]
Greyhound racing is a popular sport in Ireland.There are 17 stadiums operating in Ireland (two in Northern Ireland) of which nine are fully operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly named Irish Greyhound Board IGB, Bord na gCon) [1] with the remaining six owned and operated by private enterprise but licensed by GRI.
Greyhound Racing Ireland (Irish: Rásaíocht Con Éireann, [1] formerly Irish: Bord na gCon) is an Irish semi-state body charged with regulating and promoting Greyhound racing in Ireland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The organisation has been active in developing the sport in Ireland since its founding on 11 July 1958.
Due to flooding problems, increasing traffic congestion and a limited fixture list it was decided in the mid-1990s to find a new venue for horse racing in Limerick. [5] A suitable location was identified at Greenmount near Patrickswell and the land was purchased in 1996. The course at Greenpark closed in 1999 after 130 years of racing. [6]
The St Leger is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Limerick Greyhound Stadium at Greenpark, Dock Road, Limerick, Ireland. [1] The competition is an original classic race [2] and was inaugurated in 1932 at Celtic Park in Belfast following the decision by the Irish Coursing Club to issue a new list of classic races.
The Limerick Greyhound Company was formed in 1933 but it was not until 1937 when racing began. The first directors were T.F.Ryan and J.P. Frost. [11] The 465-yard circuit came to prominence in 1939 when it was selected by the Irish Coursing Club to hold the Irish Greyhound Derby for first and only time. The event was won by Marchin' Thro ...
Racetrack Television Network (RTN) is a multi-channel television network dedicated to providing live simulcasting of Thoroughbred, harness, American Quarter Horse, and greyhound racing throughout the world, along with jai alai, using multiple broadcast feeds.