Listowel Racecourse

The nine winners of the 2026 Irish Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (ITIEA), supported by Godolphin, the Irish Stable Staff Association, HRI Equuip, Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association and the Racing Post, were announced on Wednesday. The winners will be formally celebrated at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 2 in the Keadeen Hotel in County Kildare, where the flagship award - The Irish Racing Excellence Award - will be announced and presented to one of the eight individual winners. This year's eight individual award winners are: Newcomer Award: Michelle Mallon, Stud...

Following the news earlier in the day of his sire's untimely passing, Aidan O'Brien trainee Straight Up (Wootton Bassett) delivered a poignant win for Flaxman Stables and the Coolmore partners in Tuesday's WTW Willis Irish EBF Maiden at Listowel. Stalking the pace in second for most of the seven-furlong contest, the 9-4 favourite inched ahead approaching the final furlong and drew off late to assert by three lengths from King Of Sparta (Dubawi). "To do that without a prior run was a very good performance and Wayne [Lordan] was delighted...

There will be an added attraction to the Listowel Harvest Festival this year with racecourse chairman Pat Healy revealing that Frankie Dettori will ride at the meeting.  Dettori, who rode at Killarney in 2019 and Tralee in 1998 before that racecourse was later closed, will be completing a Kerry treble next month and is due to ride on Tuesday, September 20.  The seven-day Listowel Harvest Festival runs from Sunday, September 18 to Saturday, September 24 and Healy announced news of the coup on Wednesday. He said, "We can't wait to...

Irish racecourses can host up to 50% of their outdoor capacity beginning on Sept. 6 following the Irish Government's latest COVID-19 response roadmap, Horse Racing Ireland announced on Thursday. Racecourses may also utilise 60% of their indoor capacity for hospitality purposes should attendees consume food and beverages indoors as long as they provide evidence of their Digital Covid Vaccine Cert (DCC). Attendance in both spheres will be increased to 100% as long as all covid restrictions are lifted on Oct. 22. Regarding Irish Champions Weekend on Sept. 11 and 12,...

Warwick Racecourse welcomed a crowd of 500 annual members and hospitality guests for its jumps meeting on Monday. It was only the second time since racing resumed from a nine-week shutdown on June 1 that a crowd was permitted on a British racecourse-Doncaster had a week-long pilot project planned for its St Leger festival but that was shut down after just one card due to tightened government regulations. Trainer Christian Williams was among those praising the Warwick project on Monday, saying, "It was brilliant, I think everything has been run...