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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 Carraroe Flyer (Standard) 07 Sep 2014 3m 24.26s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L M Halford 430 77 €799,093 17.91% -€90.22 Joseph P O'Brien 499 76 €643,728 15.23% -€93.28 A McGuinness 328 42 €325,413 12.8% -€59.77 A P O'Brien 144 42 €499,509 29.17% -€22.78 J S Bolger 209 35 €347,024 16.75% -€16.06 G M Lyons 218 33 €283,774 15.14% -€109.20 John Feane 274 30 €237,261 10.95% -€96.98 D Marnane 197 22 €202,504 11.17% -€98.69 Anthony McCann 223 19 €160,375 8.52% -€19.53 P Martin 208 18 €121,886 8.65% -€108.92 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C T Keane 474 81 €663,257 17.09% -€37.85 P J Smullen 290 57 €574,212 19.66% -€55.48 D O'Brien 215 50 €471,532 23.26% -€14.26 S Foley 480 48 €439,492 10% -€204.39 W M Lordan 373 41 €348,338 10.99% -€17.80 R P Whelan 307 41 €374,865 13.36% -€34.79 O J Orr 301 37 €316,416 12.29% -€27.42 K J Manning 339 35 €346,699 10.32% -€137.83 D P McDonogh 265 29 €252,796 10.94% -€89.79 C P Hoban 386 28 €212,937 7.25% -€142.03
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