Curragh Racecourse

The Curragh is a horseshoe-shaped, right-handed racecourse with no sharp bends over two miles, with a straight run-in of three furlongs slightly uphill. There are starts at five furlongs, six furlongs, six furlongs 63 yards, seven furlongs and a mile on a straight course. A high draw provides a slight advantage on the straight course in big fields, though in any given instance pace and positional bias usually counts for more.

Ireland’s premier Flat track - hosting all five Classics - the Curragh has hosted racing since at least the early 1700s, and takes its name from an old Gaelic word meaning “place of the running horse”. Located in County Kildare, the grasslands of the Curragh Plains enjoy legal protection under the National Monuments Act, being listed as a recorded monument.