Limerick Racecourse

Limerick Racecourse (Greenmount Park ) is a horse racing venue in 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 for 50 years. The present location is the seventh different horse racing location in Limerick since 1790. In 1999 the course at Greenpark near Limerick city closed after 130 years of racing.^[1]

The course is a right-handed oval track of about one mile and three furlongs. It is located on the M20 at exit 4 6km outside the city.

Notable races

Month	DOW	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Age/Sex
1 !March	Sunday	Dawn Run Mares Novice Chase	Chase	Grade 2	4426 !2m 6f	5yo + m
2 !March	Sunday	Limerick E.B.F. Mares Novice Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	3219 !2m	4yo + m
3 !October	Sunday	Fergus O'Toole Memorial Novice Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	4225 !2m 5f	4yo +
4 !December	Boxing Day	Greenmount Park Novice Chase	Chase	Grade 2	3932 !2m 3f 120y	4yo +
5 !December	28th	Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	4828 !3m	4yo +

References

↑ "Course Profile". Go Racing. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

External links

Horseracing in Ireland

Venues

National Hunt	Kilbeggan Punchestown

Flat	The Curragh Dundalk Laytown

Mixed	Ballinrobe Ballybrit (Galway) Clonmel Cork Down Royal Downpatrick Fairyhouse Gowran Park Killarney Leopardstown Listowel Limerick Navan Naas Roscommon Sligo Thurles Tipperary Tramore Wexford

Former Venues	Greenpark Phoenix Park Baldoyle

Named races

Regulation

Horse Racing Ireland

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