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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 Kadra (Standard) 28 Oct 2016 1m 36.14s 1m 2f 150y Massif Central (Standard) 16 Nov 2018 2m 11.97s 1m 4f Poitin (Standard) 08 Apr 2016 2m 29.4s 2m Winter Lion (Standard) 11 Nov 2016 3m 26.29s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Joseph P O'Brien 545 84 €760,942 15.41% -€138.34 M Halford 365 63 €657,159 17.26% -€92.12 A McGuinness 390 44 €334,924 11.28% -€137.25 A P O'Brien 132 34 €475,768 25.76% -€30.20 G M Lyons 192 33 €300,328 17.19% -€75.32 Denis Hogan 357 23 €172,501 6.44% -€221.43 Anthony McCann 266 22 €182,289 8.27% -€3.53 John Feane 203 20 €171,647 9.85% -€70.83 J S Bolger 148 20 €250,458 13.51% -€10.83 D Marnane 173 19 €192,979 10.98% -€72.92 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C T Keane 413 72 €571,943 17.43% -€43.64 R P Whelan 317 51 €478,263 16.09% -€9.87 D O'Brien 163 38 €457,488 23.31% -€38.56 S Foley 414 37 €342,049 8.94% -€212.43 B M Coen 319 33 €248,781 10.34% -€105.15 O J Orr 277 33 €285,963 11.91% -€28.67 C D Hayes 332 32 €292,095 9.64% -€153.09 D P McDonogh 250 32 €261,708 12.8% -€106.11 W M Lordan 303 31 €254,474 10.23% €0.99 W J Lee 218 27 €223,419 12.39% -€54.08
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