Ballinrobe Racecourse

Race meetings have been recorded in the area since 1773. Racing has been held on the current course since it was purchased in 1921. Dorans Pride, a former Cheltenham Stayers Hurdle winner and twice placed in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, won his first race at Ballinrobe in 1993. Owned by Mayo man Tom Doran and trained by Michael Hourigan he went on to win €1m on the track.

Traverse, the horse owned by the irrepressible Hector O’hEochagain and star of the series “Only Fools Buy Horses” also won his first Irish race at Ballinrobe in 2003.