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Dundalk Course Guide
The current all-weather track at Dundalk was opened in August 2007 in tandem with an existing greyhound racing track on the infield of the racecourse. Horse racing had originally taken place on a turf track on the same site in Dundalk, but that had closed in 2001.
The all-weather track at Dundalk is acknowledged as one of the finest in Europe and numerous subsequent Group 1 winners have raced and won on it in recent years. Dundalk races all year round with a total of 38 meetings taking place every year, the emphasis being on the winter season from November through to March. The feature race of the year is the Group 3 Diamond Stakes which takes places in October and has been won by the likes of Mastercraftsman and Declaration Of War.
The polytrack course, which opened in August, 2007, is a left-handed, oval course, about 10 furlongs in extent, with a run-in of about 2½ furlongs. A 5f chute joins the main course on the home bend just over 3½ furlongs from the finish, while the 1m start is in a short chute at the start of the back straight.
Dundalk is a very fair track. The cutaway rail they introduced in December 2013 was an excellent move and it has drastically reduced the number of hard-luck stories. In general, it rides quite firm and some horses, particularly those that like a softer surface, won’t let themselves down on it. A low draw is a big help over seven furlongs and particularly over the extended mile-and-a-quarter as the bend comes up very quickly indeed after that start. The kickback had been getting a bit worse during the 2014/15 winter season, but they refurbished the surface in July 2015 and that should settle it down and go back to the fair surface it had been for years.
View from the saddle: Mick Kinane
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Dundalk
Co. Louth
Ireland
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Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Manaccan (Standard) 21 Oct 2022 58.05s 6f Arcanears (Standard) 29 Oct 2021 1m 10.57s 7f Irish Acclaim (Standard) 08 Oct 2021 1m 23.92s 1m Friendly (Standard) 05 Nov 2021 1m 35.06s 1m 2f 150y Phantom Flight (Standard) 26 Sep 2025 2m 11.61s 1m 4f Amhran Na Bhfiann (Standard) 21 Apr 2021 2m 29.84s 2m Cozone (Standard) 26 Nov 2022 3m 26.6s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L A McGuinness 554 67 €558,002 12.09% -€208.28 J P O'Brien 406 53 €498,299 13.05% -€135.53 G M Lyons 194 43 €487,198 22.16% €1.55 D Hogan 384 30 €201,597 7.81% -€203.81 D Marnane 189 30 €278,102 15.87% €42.28 J C McConnell 546 29 €193,800 5.31% -€289.17 A Murray 185 29 €286,799 15.68% -€74.28 Stephen Thorne 122 27 €224,100 22.13% €8.17 P W Flynn 153 25 €194,700 16.34% -€25.95 A P O'Brien 102 23 €267,299 22.55% -€39.40 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Colin Keane 417 82 €776,695 19.66% -€87.63 Adam Caffrey 325 44 €347,099 13.54% -€38.00 Jack Kearney 311 40 €307,500 12.86% -€18.73 W J Lee 277 38 €315,600 13.72% -€101.56 James Ryan 444 36 €284,999 8.11% -€88.25 Declan McDonogh 330 35 €309,300 10.61% -€110.60 Luke McAteer 296 35 €326,101 11.82% -€62.96 Ronan Whelan 271 31 €308,701 11.44% -€113.81 Dylan Browne McMonagle 202 26 €257,399 12.87% -€62.29 Gary Carroll 213 25 €185,999 11.74% -€34.40
