A full field of 30 runners will face the starter in the Goffs Million this Saturday. The most valuable race for two year olds in Europe has attracted a high quality line up including 7 British trained representatives from trainers Simon/Ed Crisford, Richard Fahey, Ivan Furtado, Richard Hannon, Brian Ellison, Hugo Palmer and Andrew Balding.
The Aidan O’Brien trained Composing heads the home trained challenge with the Ballydoyle handler also saddling Dorset. Green Sense and Summer is Tomorrow feature as two of the five runners to represent last year’s winning trainer Joseph O’Brien, while other notable runners include Chicago Call, My Corbett Court, Stop The Nation, Take Charge Star, Brownstown and Phenomenal Filly.
The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Beresford Stakes has attracted 5 runners with a strong representation from Aidan O’Brien with Hawk Mountain and Port of Spain. The Donnacha O’Brien trained Shaihaan, Al Haarith trained by Joseph O’Brien and the Ger Lyons trained Geryon also line up for the Group 2 prize.
14 runners will go to post in the valuable Hearmed, Your Health Your Hearing Joe McGrath Premier Handicap including Keke, Red Evolution and Kendall Royal, while there are 7 runners in the McDonnells Bar Newbridge Race, 16 in the opening Kildare House Hotel Maiden and a field of 18 and 17 in division 1 and 2 of the Fitzpatrick’s Mercedes-Benz Maiden.
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Ground
Straight: Yielding, Good to Yielding in places
Track
Racing on middle track with stalls in centre for sprints. 6 yards of fresh ground on Sunday
Forecast
Dry today and tomorrow with possibility of 5 to 8mm of rain on Friday night, clearing Saturday morning.
Link to runners
Sat
https://status.hri-ras.ie/entries/Microsoft_Word__2025_ONOR288.PDF?id=5&v=20250925104102
Sun
Declared runners Friday at 10am
Admission
Adult €20, Seniors and Under 21 €15
Under 18s free accompanied by an adult
Gates Open – 12 noon
First Race – Saturday 1.25pm, Sunday 1.30pm
Where to watch
All races broadcast live on Racing TV
TG4 – Goffs Million only
Transport
Free car parking.
Free bus service from Kildare Town Train Station and The Square in the town and from Newbridge – from train station, collecting on main street outside Eddie Rockets and outside Keadeen Hotel – all times on curragh.ie