Ireland Daily Races Betting Odds and Racecards
If you want to place a bet on Irish horse racing, we recommend looking at the Ireland horse race cards where you can get valuable information about each meeting. Here at Racing-Odds.com, we outline the number of races for a meeting, the type of race that you are looking at along with the form of each runner. Each racecard also has the jockey and trainer information to help you make an informed decision.
Our daily racecards for Irish meetings means that you have a handy guide before you visit the bookmaker websites and decide on who to back. We will also have an odds comparison tool where you can look at your race card and then assess the various prices being offered. We would recommend looking for racing price boosts and also the each-way terms that are available with each operator.
Key Flat Horse Races in Ireland
There are many significant Irish Flat races that are similar to the United Kingdom, which include the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Irish 1,000 Guineas. These races take place at The Curragh which is generally regarded as the biggest racecourse in Ireland when it comes to hosting Flat meetings.
The Curragh also hosts the Tattersalls Gold Cup in May, while there’s the Pretty Polly Stakes in June and that comes before The Irish Derby and The Irish Oaks which are both run over one mile and four furlongs. You will also find The Phoenix Stakes, Moyglare Stud Stakes, Vincent O’Brien National Stakes and Flying Five Stakes at this racecourse.
The same applies to the Irish St Leger which is the fifth Irish flat racing Classic of the season, although Leopardstown hosts the Matron Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in September, with Irish race cards available for all the big races and meetings.
Key National Hunt Horse Races in Ireland
National Hunt horse racing is hugely popular in Ireland, with many of the leading Irish horses not only claiming multiple Group 1 successes in their homeland but also making the trip to the Cheltenham Festival or Grand National Festival and claiming victories at these particular meetings.
There are an enormous number of Grade 1 races throughout the calendar year, with the Ladbrokes Champion Chase and Morgiana Hurdle occurring in November before there’s the chance to enjoy the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle, Drinmore Novice Chase and Hatton’s Grace Hurdle in December.
There are also Grade 1 races at Punchestown, Limerick and Leopardstown during December, with the Savills Chase and the Matheson Hurdle taking pride of place over the festive season, while the New Year brings the Lawlor’s of Naas Novice Hurdle which was recently won by Envoi Allen.
The Arkle Novice Chase and the Irish Champion Hurdle take place in February at Leopardstown and this is before the Cheltenham Festival, so we can get some big pointers as to how the latter might turn out. After Cheltenham, we have the legendary Punchestown Festival and that includes a wide range of Grade 1 races.
Take your pick on the Punchestown racecard when it comes to races such as the Punchestown Champion Chase, the Punchestown Gold Cup and the Punchestown Champion Hurdle. Racecards are available through the meeting to find the latest runners and riders who are competing for the big prizes.
How to Bet on Irish Horse Racing
Irish horse racing often tends to get grouped together with UK horse racing and it therefore means heading to the UK & Ireland Racing section of a bookmaker website and seeing what meetings happen to be listed. It’s pretty common to find daily Irish horse racing meetings taking place and we always recommend looking at the latest race cards so you can understand what is taking place.
Discover the number of races that occur within a meeting and get details of each of the races so you can get a firm idea of the distance, whether it’s a hurdle or a chase race (unless it’s a Flat Irish racing card) and the latest form when it comes to each runner. The numbers next to the name of each horse indicate the level of performance during the past runs.
There is the opportunity to simply bet on the winner of an Irish horse race, although there’s the alternative to bet each-way on a selection or put together a multiple bet. That means either putting together an accumulator or alternatively placing a Lucky 15 bet or something similar where the different selections are combined together.
Watch Live Streaming of Irish Horse Racing
Racecourses in Ireland come under the same TV jurisdiction as the United Kingdom race tracks and that means an opportunity to access free live horse racing streaming when it comes to every Irish meeting. Simply visit the Irish race card that you want to enjoy and click on the race where you want to place a bet.
Providing that you have placed at least £1 or currency equivalent on an Irish horse race, this will automatically trigger the free online streaming of the race in question. You are able to watch this from start to finish and enjoy audio commentary to help you understand what is going on.
Best Bookies for Horse Racing in Ireland
Many online bookmakers offer a first-class betting service when it comes to horse racing in Ireland. This includes providing a detailed Irish racecard featuring the number of races and information regarding each race. You can ascertain the distance, the type of race along with the latest form guide. This helps you understand where to place your bets.
You should also look out for something called BOG or Best Odds Guaranteed when it comes to betting on Irish horse racing meetings. This means you can take an early price about a runner and know that the bookie will pay out at the Starting Price should your horse finish at a bigger price than the one you took.
If you have never placed a bet with a bookie before, there’s also the chance to claim a free bet or a welcome bonus with that operator and that usually means claiming a bet when you have deposited and placed a qualifying bet.
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