Sunday 4th of September Card (Click to download)
Ladies Day
This Sunday 4th of September.. Ladies Day at Portmarnock Raceway! ⚜ Fantastic prizes for best dressed… ⚜ 101 great prizes for the raffle (tickets available on the day from Dtina) ⚜ Pony rides sponsored by Mooreside Equestrian ⚜ Trot & Pace Ladies races sponsored by Brenda Hudson ⚜ Full supporting card featuring Robbie Grendon memorial […]
Entries open for Ladies Charity ...
All queries to the IHRA Office 01-5310365 or email info@irishharnessracing.com Entries are closing on Monday 29th August at midnight!
VDM Weekend Racecards
Saturday 13th August card (Click to Download) Sunday 14th August card (Click to Download)
List of entries for VDM
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VDM
Join us this weekend for harness racing festival Ladbrokes Vincent Delaney Memorial weekend at Portmarnock Raceway Exciting card of classic races on both days.. Traditional Irish music (live) on Sat/Sun followed by DJ until late on each night… BBQ… BAR .. and more.. Racing starts at 2pm on Saturday 13th Aug 1pm on Sunday 14th […]
Vincent Delaney Memorial Weekend
PROGRAM OF ALL RACES FOR THE LADBROKES VINCENT DELANEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND 13/14th AUGUST LADBROKES VINCENT DELANEY MEMORIAL 2 YR OLD COLTS / GELDINGS PURSE €16,000 DIAMOND CREEK FARM 2 YR OLD FILLYS DIVISION PURSE €16,000 OAKWOOD STUD 3 YR OLD DERBY PURSE €10,000 PAUL MURTAGH SNR 4 YR OLD MEMORIAL PURSE €6,000 LEE EDWARDS – […]
Dundalk – 7th of August
The meeting scheduled to be conducted at Dundalk on 7th of August has been cancelled. This decision was made after consultation with Dundalk Stadium management. September 11th & 25th meetings remain as scheduled. After analysing the attendance records, bookings in the restaurant and tote turnover from the meeting conducted 17th July it was hard to […]
Sire Stakes Ireland
Sire Stakes Ireland conditions 2016 Race date 10-7-2016 All horses to bred in Ireland or the UK by natural cover or AI. Only progeny bred by nominated stallions are eligible to race in the series. All payments must be paid by due dates, there are no exceptions or late supplements, if in doubt please contact […]
SHRI Raffle
SHRI Monthly Raffle will take place this Sunday 19th JUNE at Portmarnock Raceway First prize €1000! Remember to bring your tickets with you or hand them to members of the committee if can’t attend!
The Painted Mile 2016
The Painted Mile 2016 trophies are ready to be won this Sunday
European Championship for Apprentices...
We would like to wish the very best of luck to Mark Kane, who will represent Ireland at the European Championship for Apprentices in Belgium this weekend! Racing will take place at spectacular locations Hippodrome de Wallonie and Jeker Hippodroom Tongeren on 3rd and 4th of June.. Thirteen young and talented horsemen wearing their national […]
IHRA Notice
Entries now open for Sunday 5th of June.. Entries All horses entering for Dundalk on 12th June must have all paperwork submitted on or before Tuesday 31st May for clearance by the IHRA (licensed owner, trainer and current flu vac regime). All Licence renewals on or after June 1st 2016 are now subject to a […]
Ireland’s breeding program well advan...
With the first 9 Le Trot Mares now scanned in foal for Ireland the first shipment is expected to be collected this coming weekend from their Normandy base and arrive in Dublin on Monday together with a further 10 race horses being selected today and tomorrow. The lottery draw for the 40 + mares and […]
Punchestown
IHRA at the HSI Equestrian Showcase Parade of Affiliates in Punchestown was represented by our youth team Shannon, Aidan and Hannah and French trotter Urry De Heripre… well done everyone! looked beautiful!
AGM
SHRI AGM 15th of May 2.30pm Clayton Hotel (former Bewleys Dublin Airport)
RESULTS 24th April
R1 TROT GRADE F 1st Beach de Belluet /J.Richardson 2nd Venise du Bois / A.Wallace snr 3rd Agadio du Cebe /N.Ryan 2.04.7 6L 2L … R2 PACE GRADE G & E HANDICAP 1st Awesome Dude / S.Quill 2nd Fair Enough A.Wallace snr 3rd Saunders Paris /M.Goggin 2.05.1 1L 4L … R3 TROT GRADE B, C […]
Random Integrity Testing process 2016
A mandatory minimum of three samples will be taken at each race meeting. At premium meetings such as Dundalk, Ladbrokes Vincent Delaney Memorial & Barney Joyce Memorial an increased program will be decided by the IHRA. Two tests must be for winning horses and the third shall be for a placed horse. Races will be […]
IHRA Summary April 2016
The IHRA Racing Season for 2016 is about to commence with a projected record amount of prizemoney to be distributed along with the excitement of five planned race-meetings to be conducted at Dundalk. Recently the Board met to discuss initiatives and developments currently being undertaken. In addition, Member meetings were conducted in Amargh, Cork andDublin. […]
Trotteur Francais programme 2016
The 2016 Trotteur Francais programme will be the richest to-date with a target of €300,000 in total prize money to be raced for at all four tracks, Annaghmore, Cork, Dundalk & Portmarnock. The stakes payment which is due before each horse races is set at €500 per horse. All Trotteur Francais races in Dundalk will […]
Entries
ENTRIES are now open for Sunday 24th of April … Entries will close on Monday 18th at 12pm Friday 15th April is the last date for payment of race fees and renewal of licence’s for those intending entering for Portmarnock on Sunday 24th. All queries to the IHRA Office 01-5310365 or email info@irishharnessracing.com Entries
License renewal reminder!
As the season opening date is approaching fast, please make sure your driving colours are matching with the ones declared on the IHRA system! Those who’s colours have not yet been designed in our system please email the picture of the back of your set to portmarnockracewayinfo@gmail.com as soon as possible! Reminder: Friday 15th April […]
AGM !
Dear Member It is with regret the committee of Standardbred Horse Racing Ireland inform it’s members that due to unforeseen circumstances we have cancelled the AGM scheduled for this coming Sunday. This decision has no bearing on the scheduled start of the 2016 racing season. Racing will take place as scheduled in Portmarnock on Sunday […]
IHRA raffle for Trotteur Francais b...
Great opportunity to become an owner of Trotteur Francais broodmare as part of the Trotteur Francais Breeding Programme and maybe breed next Prix d’Amerique winner! All you have to do is to support the raffle by buying a ticket with number 1-47 Raffle ticket is only €100, based National Lotto results bonus ball Raffle is […]
European Championship for Apprentices
We are pleased to announce that Mark Kane will represent Ireland at the European Championship for Apprentices in line with the criteria laid down by the UET http://www.uet-trot.eu/en/races/european-championships-for-drivers-and-apprentices
Trotteur Francais Breeding Program
18th March is the closing date for booking your purchase of Trotteur Francais Broodmare! Interested parties or for more information contact: Mark Flanagan 0862698399 James O’Sullivan 0872571330 info@irishharnessracing.com More information: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/3272-2
Dublin Horse Show
IHRA will be exhibiting at RDS Dublin Horse Show 2016 from Wednesday 20th to Sunday 24th of July. With over 100,000 visitors expected over the 5 days This is our best opportunity to show who we are in person to thousands and thousands of people! There could be new owners, new trainers, new drivers, fans […]
AGM
Due to unforeseen circumstances the AGM has been postponed. A new date for AGM will be announced in the coming days! However, we intend to have a meeting on Sunday 28th of February The IHRA wish to brief everybody on the various ongoing developments for harness racing in Ireland, including: – The Trotteur Francais program, […]
Building an Industry Together
The Irish Harness Racing is pleased to announce in 2016 a breeding program for Trotteur-Français horses is to commence. As you are aware, the IHRA Board of Directors has embarked on an aggressive project development process during these past two years to enhance the sport in Ireland. This has been most notable during the past […]
Irish Standardbred Stud Book
Following a recent meeting between representatives of the boards of directors of both the IHRA & STAGBI a new working agreement has been finalized in order to respect each other’s stud books and to ensure a smooth transition of Stallions and Broodmares currently owned and resident in Ireland to be transferred from the STAGBI Stud […]
Ireland – member of UET
Paris, France – This weekend at the meeting of the Union of European Trotting (UET) General Assembly, the Irish Harness Racing Association (IHRA) was admitted into their ranks at a presentation at Vincennes racetrack, Paris. Over the course of the past two years, the IHRA had a one year observer status within the Union and […]
Gigantic steps for Harness Racing In ...
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine released its report into the The Irish Horse Industry today in the AV room at Leinster House in Government Buildings. This was extensive work carried out by the all party committee which stated that all parties and independents had 100% signed up to the report. The […]
Season Opening at Portmarnock
☆ ✮ ✯ Season Opening at Portmarnock Raceway ☆ ✮ ✯ Sunday 24th April ☆ All Trotteur Francais races €2800 with a guaranteed €1100 to the winner (based on 8 horses per race) ☆ All Pacing races €600 with a guaranteed €450 to the winner
Barney Joyce Memorial 2016
We are proud to present ♞ The Barney Joyce Memorial 3 Year Old Race ♞ 23rd & 24th July at Portmarnock Raceway Visit event’s page
‘French Day’ at Dundalk Stadium
June 12th has been assigned as provisional date for ‘French Day’ at Dundalk Stadium* Le-Trot intend sending some of their leading drivers to race against our Irish drivers which promises to be a fun filled day. More information to follow… *subject to HRI board approval
SHRI Awards 2015
Get your tickets booked today to celebrate SHRI Awards Night on 13th February in Kettles Country House! Buy tickets online: http://portmarnockraceway.ie/awards-night/ PayPal & creditcard payments accepted (tickets posted) All tickets must be paid by 1st of February!
IHRA News
The foundation is in place, we now need to build an industry together. ✏ The Joint Committee for Agriculture will shortly prepare a comprehensive Report on the horse industry in Ireland. This will include an extensive chapter on Harness Racing in Ireland and will contain the Committee’s recommendations to the Minister for Agriculture. ✏· The […]
IHRA new Passport arrangements.
The Irish Harness Racing Association having been approved as the Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) for the Standardbred breed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture are pleased to announce that we have now concluded the processing agreement with Horse Sport Ireland to manage all aspects of the new setup including passports, covering certificates, transfer of […]
Trotteur Francais draw
The draw for the trotters is on Tuesday 8th December 6.30pm in the clubhouse! the draw process will be filmed and uploaded on our page for those who can’t attend it. List of new owners: D Murphy 1 J Manning 1 F Quill 1 M Kelleher 1 M Goggins 1 P Hill 1 B Redmond […]
International news
The international affair for Irish drivers and trainers is in full swing! Australia ★ Tomorrow morning at 10.24am and 10.54am (GMT) John Richardson will be participating in the TABTOUCH INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS CHALLENGE ★ Later in the night (afternoon Irish time 1.30pm) Meadowbranch DJ is racing in the final heat of TABTOUCH INTER DOMINION Racecard: http://www.harness.org.au/fields.cfm?mc=GP041215 […]
Going all French
French adventure time is here! Tomorrow we are starting with horse-shopping trip around France, then Saturday morning drivers and group of supporters will meet in Normandy and get ready for big race – Prix de Dublin on Sunday 28th at Hippodrome D’ Argentan, it will be a long trip with 6yo trotters over 2.800 mètres […]
News from Leinster House
On Wednesday IHRA representatives attended private meeting with Joint Oireachtas Committee of Agriculture Food & Marine The committee met in public session, where Minister Coveney was in front of them to get HRI budget for 2016 passed. Harness racing figured highly in the 1 1/2 hours debate where it was eventually passed. This is the […]
IHRA presentation at Leinster house
Successful meeting today at Leinster House with the Joint Oireachtas Committee of Agriculture Food & Marine discussing the development needs of Irish Harness Racing industry. Fantastic presentation and great support of the committee on top of compliments of Dundalk meeting! way to go! well done guys!
Road to the rising
With the dust now settled on the race tracks for 2015 following the most successful season to date with record prize money on offer and a record number of race meetings on a national level and many track records broken and remade. The battle continues in the background on a weekly basis to build and […]
Going French
De vivre dans le Trotteur Français! Season of racing in Ireland is over, but the racing party is not finished yet! We would like to congratulate top driver Billy Roche, who is going to represent Ireland in Paris on 5th December in the International Race of Le Trot Département International and Ricky Hanson, who’s top […]
Meadowbranch DJ
Irish Inter-Dominion candidate Meadowbranch DJ has overcome some travel hiccups prior to landing in Sydney and since being flown across the breadth of Australia to Perth (akin to New York- Los Angeles) has settled in nicely at Greg Bond’s stables in Perth and is working well enough for his possible Aussie debut at the provincial […]
Track on property market
Portmarnock Raceway has come on to the property market today in a private treaty sale, this is in no way unusual and was to be expected in line with all other properties in which the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) holds an interest in. We were not officially informed other than being asked to provide […]
Portmarnock the grand finale
As the curtains come down on Sunday evening at Portmarnock it has been an extraordinary season for Harness Racing with records made and records broken in all departments. Total prize money (including Dundalk) has seen a 70% increase on the 2014 figure of €200,000 to in excess of €340,000 for 2015. With a total of […]
