Cork Horse Racing Results

Cork Racecourse first opened in Mallow (35km north of Cork City) in 1924. Race meetings are held there throughout the year under both Flat and National Hunt rules, staging a total of 18 fixtures every year.

Mallow is a very appropriate location for a racecourse, as it was just a few miles down the road that the first ever “steeplechase” took place, with Edmund Blake and Cornelius O'Callaghan racing each other on horseback from the church at Buttevant to the church at Doneraile in 1752.

Cork Racecourse boasts two Group 3 races on the Flat, namely the Munster Oaks which takes place in June and the Give Thanks Stakes which takes place in August. It hosts a total of six Graded races under National Hunt rules, most notably the Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase which has been won by the likes of Beef Or Salmon (twice) and Golden Silver (three times) in recent years.