Clonmel Racecourse

Clonmel Racecourse (Powerstown Park) is a horse racing venue in the town of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland which stages both National Hunt and Flat racing.

The course is located in the Powerstown area of the town 2km from the town centre. It is a right handed track of one and a quarter miles with a stiff uphill finish. Racing has taken place at the venue for over 150 years. In November, the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase, has been contested and won by some notable horses including Beef or Salmon in 2002.^[1]

Notable races

Month	DOW	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Age/Sex
1 !February	Thursday	Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	4828 !3m	4yo +
2 !November	Thursday	Clonmel Oil Chase	Chase	Grade 2	4023 !2m 4f	5yo +
3 !November	Thursday	T.A. Morris Memorial Mares Chase	Chase	Grade 3	4023 !2m 4f	5yo + m

References

↑ "Course Profile". Go Racing. Retrieved 19 September 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

Coordinates: 52°21′52″N 7°40′51″W / 52.364352°N 7.68072°W / 52.364352; -7.68072

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