November Fixtures
Sun 1st Portmarnock Apprentice championship heatSun 8th Portmarnock All Ireland heatsSun 15th Portmarnock Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday Sun 22nd Portmarnock Apprentice Championship Leg and All Ireland FINALSSun 29th Portmarnock
Handicap grades update 09/11
Portmarnock Lease secured for 2021
The Irish Harness Racing Association is pleased to confirm that we have agreed an extension to our lease in Portmarnock Raceway to the 31/12/2021 Racing 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 […]
Handicap grades 03/11
Apprentice Championship Leaderboard
With just one Apprentice race to go on 22nd of November, championship standings are as follows. Competition is there and we have awesomely talented young drivers aboard of excellent horses in but the winner of the series will be only known after the last race! Points system 16-8-4-2-1
Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday
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 Cup.
Handicap grades update 27/10/20
M50 weekend Racing behind the closed doors
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 […]
Updated Handicap Grades 19/10/2020
3 Year Old Trotting Championship Finals….
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 […]
Juvenile pacing Series Finals Sunday 11th of October!
The balloting for positions will take place live via a ZOOM call tomorrow evening at 7pm with all trainers or their representatives present. All trainers will be contacted by the office tomorrow with full details. The IHRA will be publishing their revised protocols in place for this weekend’s meeting at Portmarnock, tomorrow also. The fixture is strictly BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and […]
Veterinary & Welfare Committee Update
The Veterinary and Welfare Commission is the Integrity arm of the IHRA.It is the body charged with setting and maintaining the good name of harness racing in Ireland from an animal welfare perspective, from a participant’s perspective and from the public’s perspective alike.The VWC’s purpose and mission statement document is available elsewhere on the webpage […]
Ladies Day success
LADIES DAY 2020 was a SUCCESS!Well done to our brave beautiful ladies showing their talent in beautifully driven and fast races and many thanks to the owners providing girls with top quality safe horses for the BERNIE KELLY MEMORIAL! Ladies trot won by Charlie Flanagan on Biniou du BeuvronBernie Kelly Memorial Ladies pace also won […]
Ladies Day fundraising
Ladies Day at Portmarnock Raceway just two weeks away!This year we are celebrating the inaugural Bernie Kelly Memorial Pace <3 Like every year we will be fundraising for a good cause. This year it is LARCC Cancer Support Centre and Friends of Cavan Oncology to thank tirelessly working volunteers, who helped Bernie and her family […]
Juvenile Series Leaderboard
http://portmarnockraceway.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-Juvenile-Series-League-Table.pdf
Black Horse supplements
It’s Black Horse time! Place your orders now to get the very best equine products from the brand who is supporting Irish harness racing! Place your order before 17th September and have them in by 2nd October. When you do you will know that you are supporting the company that is helping grow the harness […]
Pony Qualifiers 20th of September
Pony Qualifiers this Sunday at 11am! Entries by Friday, please! Entry fee €5 If you are only joining pony club this week, please fill the membership application form (link for all info & rules above entry form) For all members, we are going to create WhatsApp information group this week (parents/guardians numbers provided in application […]
Trotteur Francais Sale 2020
The IHRA are pleased to announce a second Trotter Francais sale for 2020With special arrangements made with Letrot to facilitate our sale, the following are conditions of sale Horses aged 4-8Only Horses fit and ready to race will be purchased Horses to arrive October 3rd€200 charge per horses to cover travel insurance, if no incidents […]
Ladies day 2020
The annual Ladies Day at Portmarnock Raceway 27th of September! Kindly sponsored by The Black Horse of Finland! 🌸 Ladies pace 🌸 Ladies trot🌸Ladies monté trot€300 added prize money to each race! and a special this year🌸 Mini-ladies pony trot! Ladies, get your silks out! Horse owners, don’t be shy to offer your horses to […]
All Ireland dates update
Some dates amended for All Ireland SeriesSeptember 6th Portmarnock September 20th Portmarnock October 10th/11th Portmarnock October 17th Annaghmore (Three Year Old Finals)November 8th Portmarnock November 22nd PortmarnockThe Race Course Committee who are responsible for sanctioning race dates would like to apologise to Trainers for advertising some wrong dates for the All Ireland Series.
