Thurles Course Guide
One of three racecourses in County Tipperary, racing has taken place at Thurles since 1732 and it has long been considered a highly-important asset to Irish National Hunt racing. The reason for this is that the remarkably resilient ground there can be raced on after all but exceptional amounts of rainfall and it can withstand a large amount of racing during the winter months. It host 11 fixtures between October and March every year.
Thurles plays host to three Grade 2 contests, with the Kinloch Brae Chase in January being the most high profile. It has been won by the likes of Native Upmanship (three times), Newmill (twice), Hi Cloy and Don Cossack.
Advance Going
An undulating, right-handed track with a circuit of around a mile and a quarter. Sections of the track are uphill but there is a fairly steep descent to the two-furlong home straight and the track is very much sharp in character, favouring the handy type of horse. There are seven fences to a circuit of the chase course, with two in the home straight, and a run-in of around a furlong. The course is remarkably well drained and as a result, very few meetings are lost due to adverse weather conditions.
Thurles is a grand track to ride. You have to give your horse a chance coming up the hill in the back straight or you’ll struggle to get home otherwise. The ground at Thurles really is amazing, as it never gets too deep. Even in the worst of the worst weather, they still only go in five or six inches. There can often be some even better ground out a bit wider and that is something worth considering, especially towards the backend of a card when the ground on the inside is chopped up.
View from the saddle: Charlie Swan
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 4y Special Cadeau (Good) 06 Feb 2025 4m 1.9s 2m 121y Turbo (Good) 21 Nov 2024 4m 4.1s 2m 2f 17y A Law Of Her Own (Good to Yielding) 15 Mar 2025 4m 32.08s 2m 4f 63y Allaho (Good to Yielding) 23 Jan 2022 5m 10.1s 2m 4f 189y Nara (Good) 19 Jan 2025 5m 0.8s 2m 5f 186y That's About Right (Good) 19 Jan 2025 5m 23.8s 2m 6f 79y Drumgill (Good) 21 Nov 2024 5m 35.6s 3m 1f 22y Cullenwaine (Good) 21 Dec 2024 6m 20.8s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 110y Samui (Good) 19 Jan 2025 3m 40.8s 2m 15y Cottesloe Sunshine (Good) 21 Dec 2024 3m 48.1s 2m 4f Gold Creek (Good to Yielding) 04 Nov 2021 4m 55.7s 2m 4f 154y Therellbguddaysyet (Good) 28 Nov 2024 5m 4s 2m 6f 110y Place De La Nation (Yielding) 20 Nov 2025 4m 48.4s 2m 7f Stratum (Good) 21 Oct 2021 5m 33.8s 2m 7f 198y Commander Of Fleet (Yielding) 20 Mar 2021 6m 8.8s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 149y A Law Of Her Own (Good to Yielding) 20 Oct 2022 3m 46.9s 2m 98y Sir Argus (Yielding) 10 Mar 2022 4m 5.8s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 44y Jareth (Good) 10 Oct 2024 1m 40.82s 1m 4f 104y Autumn Winter (Good) 10 Oct 2024 2m 42.63s 2m Rekero (Yielding) 07 Oct 2021 3m 30.7s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 44 11 €188K 25% -€18.42 G Elliott 31 5 €65K 16.13% -€16.89 P J Rothwell 47 5 €40K 10.64% -€30.25 G P Cromwell 27 4 €40K 14.81% -€5.50 H De Bromhead 17 3 €44K 17.65% €56.20 E Mullins 5 3 €23K 60% €4.60 J P O'Brien 8 2 €29K 25% €16.00 M Winters 6 2 €12K 33.33% €14.00 A M O'Grady 12 2 €14K 16.67% -€0.50 Ms M Mullins 5 2 €14K 40% €7.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 47 16 €119K 34.04% -€16.78 G Elliott 64 14 €125K 21.88% -€38.73 H De Bromhead 40 5 €49K 12.5% -€13.50 P J Rothwell 51 5 €35K 9.8% -€41.25 T Doyle 43 4 €29K 9.3% -€31.70 J P O'Brien 12 3 €34K 25% €2.00 C Byrnes 26 2 €12K 7.69% -€24.52 D Hogan 23 2 €18K 8.7% -€8.00 J J Hanlon 23 2 €17K 8.7% -€22.09 Jonathan Sweeney 8 2 €19K 25% -€5.26 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 12 4 €26K 33.33% -€3.93 G P Cromwell 6 2 €13K 33.33% €1.00 C Byrnes 3 2 €13K 66.67% €24.00 G Elliott 9 1 €6K 11.11% -€9.20 H De Bromhead 4 1 €6K 25% €0.33 J P O'Brien 4 1 €6K 25% €1.00 S Curling 6 1 €9K 16.67% -€3.00 T O'Brien 4 1 €6K 25% €7.00 Ms M Mullins 3 1 €6K 33.33% €3.00 P M J Doyle 2 1 €6K 50% €7.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L J P O'Brien 18 4 €36K 22.22% -€5.88 A Slattery 17 2 €18K 11.76% -€2.00 A P O'Brien 8 2 €20K 25% -€4.50 T Doyle 10 2 €12K 20% -€4.38 G P Cromwell 6 2 €12K 33.33% €0.83 W P Mullins 2 2 €14K 100% €12.75 N Meade 7 1 €12K 14.29% €21.00 D K Weld 4 1 €10K 25% €2.50 P W Flynn 5 1 €6K 20% -€1.00 A McGuinness 4 1 €6K 25% €5.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Darragh O'Keeffe 34 8 €57K 23.53% €76.10 Paul Townend 21 8 €139K 38.1% -€11.92 Donagh Meyler 17 7 €62K 41.18% €30.73 Jack Kennedy 14 4 €59K 28.57% -€4.39 Keith Donoghue 16 4 €29K 25% €5.10 Daniel King 17 3 €23K 17.65% €15.00 Simon Torrens 18 2 €25K 11.11% €3.50 Sean O'Keeffe 27 2 €36K 7.41% -€9.00 Aidan Kelly 6 2 €20K 33.33% €9.00 Tiernan Power Roche 11 2 €16K 18.18% -€3.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Jack Kennedy 42 13 €109K 30.95% -€4.94 Paul Townend 26 10 €81K 38.46% -€12.10 Darragh O'Keeffe 54 5 €34K 9.26% €13.25 Sean Flanagan 30 5 €40K 16.67% €7.75 Sean O'Keeffe 37 3 €21K 8.11% -€0.17 Rachael Blackmore 21 3 €34K 14.29% -€7.50 Tiernan Power Roche 17 3 €23K 17.65% -€5.25 Cian Quirke 28 3 €22K 10.71% €23.60 Daniel King 15 3 €19K 20% €1.00 Mr P W Mullins 3 3 €20K 100% €1.46 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Mr D Doyle 12 2 €15K 16.67% €0.00 Mr P W Mullins 10 2 €13K 20% -€5.83 Mr J L Gleeson 9 2 €12K 22.22% €0.33 Mr R W Barron 6 2 €13K 33.33% €21.00 Mr D O'Connor 8 1 €7K 12.5% -€3.50 Miss J Townend 4 1 €7K 25% -€1.90 Mr C Mullins 3 1 €6K 33.33% -€1.20 Miss P Elvin 3 1 €6K 33.33% €26.00 Finn Brickley 3 1 €9K 33.33% €23.00 Mr T Hamilton 2 1 €6K 50% €4.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dylan Browne McMonagle 13 5 €43K 38.46% €5.13 Wayne Hassett 6 3 €18K 50% €1.46 Wayne Lordan 4 2 €20K 50% -€0.50 Adam Caffrey 6 2 €13K 33.33% €5.75 Colin Keane 14 1 €7K 7.14% -€13.25 Gary Carroll 8 1 €6K 12.5% -€3.00 Chris Hayes 9 1 €10K 11.11% -€3.50 Ronan Whelan 7 1 €12K 14.29% -€3.80 A J Slattery 6 1 €12K 16.67% -€1.00 Ben Coen 5 1 €12K 20% €23.00
