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Black Horse supplements

It’s Black Horse time! Place your orders now to get the very best equine products from the brand who is supporting Irish harness racing! Place your order before 17th September and have them in by 2nd October. When you do you will know that you are supporting the company that is helping grow the harness […]

Pony Qualifiers 20th of September

Pony Qualifiers this Sunday at 11am! Entries by Friday, please! Entry fee €5 If you are only joining pony club this week, please fill the membership application form (link for all info & rules above entry form) For all members, we are going to create WhatsApp information group this week (parents/guardians numbers provided in application […]

Trotteur Francais Sale 2020

The IHRA are pleased to announce a second Trotter Francais sale for 2020With special arrangements made with Letrot to facilitate our sale, the following are conditions of sale Horses aged 4-8Only Horses fit and ready to race will be purchased Horses to arrive October 3rd€200 charge per horses to cover travel insurance, if no incidents […]

Ladies day 2020

The annual Ladies Day at Portmarnock Raceway 27th of September! Kindly sponsored by The Black Horse of Finland! 🌸 Ladies pace 🌸 Ladies trot🌸Ladies monté trot€300 added prize money to each race! and a special this year🌸 Mini-ladies pony trot! Ladies, get your silks out! Horse owners, don’t be shy to offer your horses to […]

All Ireland dates update

Some dates amended for All Ireland SeriesSeptember 6th Portmarnock September 20th Portmarnock October 10th/11th Portmarnock October 17th Annaghmore (Three Year Old Finals)November 8th Portmarnock November 22nd PortmarnockThe Race Course Committee who are responsible for sanctioning race dates would like to apologise to Trainers for advertising some wrong dates for the All Ireland Series.

All Ireland SERIES 2020

All Heats are PFFA and Final is decided through the points system  1st 16 2nd 83rd 44th 25th 1 Top 50% with greatest points make Final remainder in consolation.Horses with most points get the first choice of post position in final and same for the remainder. Top 16 sixteen entries in each gait qualify for series Horses are balloted […]

Sire Stakes Ireland

The IHRA have now taken over the responsibility of Sire Stakes Ireland. The initiative was set up by James Delaney in 2014 and the IHRA would like to thank him for his enormous effort and time in promoting and organising the event. Payments due in March were extended due to Covid-19 but will close on […]

IHRA secures partnership with Black Horse

The Irish Harness Racing Association (IHRA) are proud to announce a new partnership agreement with Black Horse, the Finnish equine feed and supplements company. Black Horse will be offering their products to IHRA trainers at a discount and are expected to announce the first of their IHRA race sponsorships in the coming weeks. For harness […]

Red John Memorial Weekend

Richest race meeting of 2020 racing season is just two weeks away! THE RED JOHN MEMORIAL WEEKEND Entries close this Wednesday 5th of August, with final withdrawals before Monday 10th August at 12noon.http://portmarnockraceway.ie/entries/ #rjm2020#redjohmmemorial#clonakilty#westcorkHarnessRacing Cork

Annaghmore premium weekend!

ANNAGHMORE RACEWAY1st August 2020 Featuring: ⭐ Second round of Juvenile Stakes series (2 and 3 year old pacers) ⭐ Second round of 3 year old trotting championship ⭐1.25 mile preferred pace ⭐ 1.5 mile FFA trot Sponsored by TESAB Engineering ⭐ Maiden/Novice pace ⭐ Graded pacing and trotting races

Juvenile Stakes Series 2020

In light of the BHRC’s commitments to Raslab and their subsequent rescheduling of the fixtures for 2020, the IHRA racecourse committee have agreed to change the dates of the BHRC eliminators of the series, in order to keep fairness in stakes programme. The revised schedule of dates for the eliminators is as follows: Elimination #1 […]

Approved racing jurisdictions and fixture update

Further to enquires by members old and new, the following is an approved list of affiliated racing organisations that the IHRA recognises their racing, their horses and their licenced members. British Harness Racing Club (BHRC) Standardbred Canada United States Trotting Association (USTA) Harness Racing Australia Harness Racing New Zealand European Trotting Union Members Austria Belgium […]

IHRA TV helpline

🎥 IHRA TV 🎥All reported issues are now resolved and it seems everyone is happily viewing replays!If any issues arise in future please contact us via email: [email protected]‼️please include an email address in your message as this will help us resolve the issue in a timely manner. Thank you for your patience!

IHRA Live Streaming Service 2020

The IHRA are pleased to confirm that our steaming service of all race meetings in 2020 will begin from this coming Monday 29th, featuring our season opening meeting.The service will cover 25 live fixtures from all three regions and a delayed broadcast of any other fixtures, which remain in the 2020 calendar. This service also […]

Qualifiers 21st of June

⭐Drivers must wear their driving colours and must wear a face mask whilst on the trackOnly one groom per horse, plus trainer & plus driver will be permitted entry, following successful temperature readings being recorded.