Seasons Greetings
To all our members, partners, sponsors and friends from all across the world!May you all have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous, Healthy New Year! From all at The IHRA
2020 season summary
As the curtain came down on the 2020 racing season last Sunday, 6th December at Portmarnock Raceway, the IHRA would like to thank all our members who have made the 2020 season such a success despite the worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 as a background. We would like to sincerely thank all our trainers, drivers, owners, […]
3 & 4 yo Trotting Series 2021
As the 2020 season wraps we have some exciting news to share! Three and Four Year Old Championship for Irish bret Trotteur Francais trotters 2021 Don’t miss out! Nominations are due on 15th of DecemberRead more
All Ireland Series Final
We would like to congratulate our absolute champions and connections for their outstanding performance! Curly du Layon trained by David Loughran and driven by Martin Loughran won 4 out of 6 races including the final ! Fairdays Western owned & trained by Kevin Corey and driven by Jonathan Cowden won 5 out of 6 races […]
All Ireland and Apprentice Championship Finals
The big Finals day at Portmarnock RacewayNovember 22nd 2020Over €17,000 prize money added to the card! total prizemoney is €31,259! Featuring ALL IRELAND Pace and Trot FINALS!Will the black beauty Fairdays Western stand his ground and can the favorite Eva Dairpet impress us with another flashy performance?All Ireland winners will receive not only great prize […]
Racing Season Extension
The Race Course Committee have made the decision to add an extra date to our calendar and further extend our season to December 6th at Portmarnock Raceway Fixture subjet to sufficient entries
November Fixtures
Sun 1st Portmarnock Apprentice championship heatSun 8th Portmarnock All Ireland heatsSun 15th Portmarnock Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday Sun 22nd Portmarnock Apprentice Championship Leg and All Ireland FINALSSun 29th Portmarnock
Handicap grades update 09/11
Portmarnock Lease secured for 2021
The Irish Harness Racing Association is pleased to confirm that we have agreed an extension to our lease in Portmarnock Raceway to the 31/12/2021 Racing at the venue continues this Sunday with a Ten Race Card and a Start Time of 1pm sharp racecard: http://portmarnockraceway.ie/…/11/Portm-Nov-8th-Card.pdf The season is due to end on the 29/11/2020 with […]
Handicap grades 03/11
Apprentice Championship Leaderboard
With just one Apprentice race to go on 22nd of November, championship standings are as follows. Competition is there and we have awesomely talented young drivers aboard of excellent horses in but the winner of the series will be only known after the last race! Points system 16-8-4-2-1
Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday
The inaugural Gerry Keenan & Jack Galway Memorial Raceday will be held on Sunday November 15th at Portmarnock Raceway.There will be €6,000 added prize money throughout all races and the top graded pace that day will run for Gerry Keenan Memorial Cup whilst the top graded trot will run for the Jack Galway Memorial Cup.
Handicap grades update 27/10/20
M50 weekend Racing behind the closed doors
With regards to this weekends racing, the IHRA are extremely grateful that we are permitted to continue racing behind closed doors under the current level 5 restrictions. Only licensed members, aligned with a licensed trainer, who is pre registered on the attendee list will be permitted entry on either day. For those who do not […]
Updated Handicap Grades 19/10/2020
3 Year Old Trotting Championship Finals….
As the curtain comes down on the IHRA’s inaugural 3YO trotting championship tomorrow at Annaghmore Raceway, we would like to thank all members who bought or bred a brood mare in 2016 to kick start the IHRA Trotteur Francais breeding programme on the Island of Ireland. The IHRA committed €100,000 in prizemoney towards the championship […]
Juvenile pacing Series Finals Sunday 11th of October!
The balloting for positions will take place live via a ZOOM call tomorrow evening at 7pm with all trainers or their representatives present. All trainers will be contacted by the office tomorrow with full details. The IHRA will be publishing their revised protocols in place for this weekend’s meeting at Portmarnock, tomorrow also. The fixture is strictly BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and […]
Veterinary & Welfare Committee Update
The Veterinary and Welfare Commission is the Integrity arm of the IHRA.It is the body charged with setting and maintaining the good name of harness racing in Ireland from an animal welfare perspective, from a participant’s perspective and from the public’s perspective alike.The VWC’s purpose and mission statement document is available elsewhere on the webpage […]
Ladies Day success
LADIES DAY 2020 was a SUCCESS!Well done to our brave beautiful ladies showing their talent in beautifully driven and fast races and many thanks to the owners providing girls with top quality safe horses for the BERNIE KELLY MEMORIAL! Ladies trot won by Charlie Flanagan on Biniou du BeuvronBernie Kelly Memorial Ladies pace also won […]
Ladies Day fundraising
Ladies Day at Portmarnock Raceway just two weeks away!This year we are celebrating the inaugural Bernie Kelly Memorial Pace <3 Like every year we will be fundraising for a good cause. This year it is LARCC Cancer Support Centre and Friends of Cavan Oncology to thank tirelessly working volunteers, who helped Bernie and her family […]
