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The Owners Lounge is located in the main enclosure.
All Owners & Trainers with runners on the day who present their Association of Irish Racecourses card at the AIR turnstile will receive
Owners & Trainers badge which will give access to the parade ring
Owners & Trainers with a runner on the day will have received their allocation of AIR cards from the Association of Irish Racecourses
4 per Owner with Runner on Day
2 per Trainer with Runner on Day
Owners with a runner on the day will receive access for four to the Owners Lounge.
Please contact the Curragh Office on +35345257572 / email [email protected] for all matters in relation to the Owners Lounge
All winning owners receive a memento either from the race sponsor or from the racecourse.
There are stables available on race days and are allocated on race mornings. There is a choice of paper or shavings bedding (straw is no longer available). Please contact Ciara Doyle +35345257572 or [email protected]
Contact the racecourse office +35345441205. Going reports are published on the website homepage and on Twitter.
Overseas trainers with runners are permitted to use the Curragh gallops during their stay, including all grass and all-weather gallops, but we would appreciate that trainers contact Pat Kelly (Manager of Training Grounds Groundsman) for permission to use grass gallops +353878321215 or Richie Brophy +353876672556
Our grooms canteen has recently enjoyed a major refurbishment and is now widely considered the best facility of it’s kind in the country. Breakfast and lunch are available to grooms on all race days. Showers and changing facilities are also available for their use.
Re. Grooms – please contact us, as we have an extensive list of local bed and breakfast facilities.
Re. Owners/Trainers – please see Where to Stay section on this website.
Overseas owners and trainers must contact Ciara Doyle at the racecourse who will look after their requirements with regards to admission badges. Tel +35345257572 email [email protected]
Useful Numbers
Horse Racing Ireland +35345455455 (entries, declarations, forfeits, supplementary etc)
Irish Regulatory Horse Racing Board +35345445600 (integrity services, licensing)
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