Wexford Racecourse

Wexford Racecourse is a horse racing venue in the town of Wexford, Ireland which stages National Hunt racing. The earliest record of racing in the area is in the 1870s.

The course formerly staged Flat racing as well as National Hunt but on 1 June 2016 it was announced that with immediate effect Flat racing would be discontinued. This followed the track being switched from right-handed to left-handed in 2015.^[1] The course is an undulating left-handed course of one mile and four furlongs.^[2]

References

↑ "Flat out as Wexford to focus on National Hunt". RTE.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Course Profile". Go Racing. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

External links

Horseracing in Ireland

Venues

National Hunt	Kilbeggan Punchestown Wexford

Flat	The Curragh Dundalk Laytown

Mixed	Ballinrobe Ballybrit (Galway) Clonmel Cork Down Royal Downpatrick Fairyhouse Gowran Park Killarney Leopardstown Listowel Limerick Navan Naas Roscommon Sligo Thurles Tipperary Tramore

Former Venues	Greenpark Phoenix Park Baldoyle

Named races

Regulation

Horse Racing Ireland

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