Trial harness race meeting to take place in Dundalk later this month

Dundalk Stadium

Dundalk Stadium

A harness race meeting will take place at Dundalk Stadium later this month.

The trial event was confirmed by the Irish Harness Racing Association earlier today for Sunday September 27th.

It follows an intervention earlier this year by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney who said in July he would investigate the possibility of staging harness racing in Dundalk Stadium.

It came following a query from Deputy Martin Ferris as to why the IHRA’s bid to stage races in Dundalk were objected to by Horse Racing Ireland.