
Forecast: Moderate showers
Temp: 0.8° - 5.0°
Rainfall: 1.64mm
Wind: 9.0 mph NW
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.
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 | Ummalnar (Standard) | 13 Nov 2020 | 1m 35.38s |
1m 2f 150y | Massif Central (Standard) | 16 Nov 2018 | 2m 11.97s |
1m 4f | Poitin (Standard) | 08 Apr 2016 | 2m 29.4s |
2m | Construct (Standard) | 27 Nov 2020 | 3m 25.33s |
Trainer | Runners | Wins | Prize Money | Strike-Rate | P/L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph P O'Brien | 579 | 88 | €801,552 | 15.2% | -€197.19 |
M Halford | 363 | 62 | €610,280 | 17.08% | -€40.77 |
A McGuinness | 455 | 54 | €444,919 | 11.87% | -€156.75 |
G M Lyons | 187 | 34 | €329,414 | 18.18% | -€47.79 |
A P O'Brien | 116 | 30 | €391,966 | 25.86% | -€22.60 |
J C McConnell | 360 | 26 | €162,224 | 7.22% | -€132.67 |
Denis Hogan | 422 | 25 | €176,838 | 5.92% | -€298.56 |
A Slattery | 224 | 17 | €118,103 | 7.59% | -€134.63 |
John Feane | 143 | 17 | €126,103 | 11.89% | -€8.33 |
J S Bolger | 137 | 17 | €185,372 | 12.41% | -€49.68 |
Jockey | Runners | Wins | Prize Money | Strike-Rate | P/L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C T Keane | 389 | 63 | €547,019 | 16.2% | -€55.46 |
R P Whelan | 364 | 61 | €567,576 | 16.76% | -€1.29 |
D P McDonogh | 314 | 42 | €329,710 | 13.38% | -€120.88 |
C D Hayes | 366 | 41 | €377,401 | 11.2% | -€120.11 |
S Foley | 406 | 37 | €338,952 | 9.11% | -€185.00 |
G M Ryan | 254 | 33 | €215,047 | 12.99% | -€26.25 |
B M Coen | 348 | 31 | €254,569 | 8.91% | -€148.40 |
S M Crosse | 269 | 31 | €271,256 | 11.52% | -€105.45 |
W J Lee | 214 | 31 | €254,906 | 14.49% | -€29.92 |
D O'Brien | 114 | 29 | €343,344 | 25.44% | -€20.76 |
Forecast: Moderate showers
Temp: 0.8° - 5.0°
Rainfall: 1.64mm
Wind: 9.0 mph NW
Forecast: Sunny spells
Temp: 0.8° - 6.3°
Rainfall: 0.02mm
Wind: 17.8 mph NW
Last Update: 20/01/2021 12:00
Dundalk Stadium Ltd
Inner Relief Road
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Ireland
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