Limerick

Entries are now open for the Irish EBF Barrier Trials at Limerick Racecourse on Monday, July 3. Operated by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) and backed by the Irish EBF and the IHRB, Trials are open to unraced 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds. This is the first time Irish EBF Barrier Trials will have been held at Limerick. The Trials will be run over 6 1/2 and 7 1/2 furlongs. Notable Trial graduates include G1 Al Quoz Sprint winner A Case Of You (Ire) and recent G3 Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Blue...

All 26 Irish racecourses have approved the Racecourse Media Group (RMB)/SIS Media Rights deal and have authorised the Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR) to sign the contracts on their behalf, AIR announced on Friday. The deal will begin on Jan. 1, 2024. In May, 21 of the racecourses agreed to the deal, with Kilbeggan, Roscommon, Sligo, Limerick and Thurles Racecourses rejecting it. This week, discussions were held with AIR and the HRI Media Rights Committee, which resulted in the quintet of outliers agreeing to the proposal. Chairman of AIR, Conor...

The popular Irish EBF Barrier Trials initiative will return from May, with dates at three different racecourses having been approved by Horse Racing Ireland. The first trials will be held at Naas on Monday, May 29, using the inside course over six and seven furlongs. On Monday, July 3, the action will switch to Limerick, which will stage trials over six-and-a-half and seven-and-a-half furlongs. Dundalk hosts the final session on the all-weather on Tuesday, September 5, with trials set to be run over five, six and seven furlongs. The trials...

Coolmore's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Sussex S. hero The Gurkha (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who operated at an initial fee of €25,000, became the latest European freshman sire off the mark when Aidan O'Brien trainee Finest (Ire) graduated in Friday's Well Done To All Frontline Staff From Limerick Racecourse Fillies Maiden at Limerick. 1st-Limerick, €11,000, Mdn, 7-17, 2yo, f, 6f 150yT, 1:25.45, gd. FINEST (IRE) (f, 2, The Gurkha {Ire}--Pearl Grey {GB} {SW & GSP-Eng}, by Gone West) was caught out by the intricacies of Bellewstown when fifth...