Thurles Racecourse

Thurles Racecourse is a horse racing venue in the town of Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland which stages National Hunt racing. Racing has taken place at Thurles since 1732 when a three-day festival took place at the venue.

The course is located 1.5km west of the town centre. The course is an oval right handed track of one and a quarter miles with 6 flights of hurdles and 7 steeplechase fences in each circuit with a steep uphill finish.^[1]

Notable races

Month	DOW	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Age/Sex
1 !January	Thursday	Kinloch Brae Chase	Chase	Grade 2	4023 !2m 4f	6yo +
2 !January	Thursday	Coolmore Mares Novice Chase	Chase	Grade 2	4023 !2m 4f	5yo + m
3 !February	Thursday	Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	4023 !2m 4f	5yo +
4 !November	Thursday	John Meagher Memorial Chase	Chase	Listed	4426 !2m 6f	5yo +

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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