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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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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Primo Uomo (Standard) 03 Mar 2017 57.08s 6f Freescape (Standard) 02 Nov 2018 1m 10.9s 7f Surrounding (Standard) 05 Oct 2018 1m 23.14s 1m Pelerin (Standard) 31 Oct 2014 1m 35.13s 1m 2f 150y Cat O'mountain (Standard) 03 Oct 2014 2m 9.76s 1m 4f Poitin (Standard) 08 Apr 2016 2m 29.4s 2m Giant's Quest (Standard) 12 Jul 2014 3m 22.61s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L M Halford 439 78 €796,633 17.77% -€96.35 Joseph P O'Brien 498 74 €623,400 14.86% -€96.11 A McGuinness 329 44 €337,406 13.37% -€52.27 A P O'Brien 148 42 €499,509 28.38% -€26.78 J S Bolger 209 35 €347,024 16.75% -€16.06 G M Lyons 224 34 €290,539 15.18% -€110.20 John Feane 281 32 €249,253 11.39% -€87.23 D Marnane 202 22 €202,504 10.89% -€103.69 Anthony McCann 223 19 €160,375 8.52% -€19.53 P Martin 214 18 €121,886 8.41% -€114.92 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C T Keane 478 81 €663,257 16.95% -€43.85 P J Smullen 306 60 €604,962 19.61% -€60.48 S Foley 490 50 €455,482 10.2% -€207.64 D O'Brien 222 48 €451,204 21.62% -€25.09 R P Whelan 314 43 €374,864 13.69% -€20.92 W M Lordan 380 42 €355,717 11.05% -€19.80 D P McDonogh 277 35 €291,541 12.64% -€67.67 K J Manning 346 35 €346,699 10.12% -€144.83 O J Orr 298 35 €297,936 11.74% -€65.42 C P Hoban 391 28 €212,937 7.16% -€146.03
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