Due to representations from Trainers the Race Course Committee have made the decision to add an extra date to our calendar and further extend our season to December 6th provided there is enough entries.

The Irish Harness Racing Association is pleased to confirm that we have agreed an extension to our lease in Portmarnock Raceway to the 31/12/2021Racing at the venue continues this Sunday with a Ten Race Card and a Start Time of 1pm sharp racecard: http://portmarnockraceway.ie/…/11/Portm-Nov-8th-Card.pdf The season is due to end on the 29/11/2020 with encouraging […]

Racing This weekend at Portmarnock RacewayFeaturing ALL IRELAND Pacing & Trotting SERIES races!Racecard: http://portmarnockraceway.ie/racecards/Final races of the series will take place at Portmarnock on 22nd of November!

The inaugural Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday will be held on Sunday November 15th at Portmarnock Raceway. There will be €6,000 added prize money throughout all races and the top graded pace that day will run for Gerry Keenan Memorial Cup whilst the top graded trot will run for the Jack Galway Memorial […]

With regards to this weekends racing, the IHRA are extremely grateful that we are permitted to continue racing behind closed doors under the current level 5 restrictions. Only licensed members, aligned with a licensed trainer, who is pre registered on the attendee list will be permitted entry on either day. For those who do not […]

As the curtain comes down on the IHRA’s inaugural 3YO trotting championship tomorrow at Annaghmore Raceway, we would like to thank all members who bought or bred a brood mare in 2016 to kick start the IHRA Trotteur Francais breeding programme on the Island of Ireland. The IHRA committed €100,000 in prizemoney towards the championship […]