Race | Horse / Race Name | Driver | Distance | Time | Prizemoney |
1 | IHRA Apprentice | Championship Final | |||
Silvano Bello | Eoin Murphy | 1 | 2.07.06 | €996 | |
2 | Pace Grade G & G1 HCP | ||||
Newtown Alana | Wayne McNevin | 11.25 | 2.09.04 | €309 | |
3 | Conditioned F Trot (New on Hard Track 2020) | ||||
Belkalinja | Donal Murphy | 1.25 | 2.09.01 | €918 | |
4 | Grade F & E Trot | ||||
Extrem Ryld | Gavin Murdock | 4.25 | 2.06.07 | €918 | |
5 | Red Mills All Ireland | Pace Series Final | |||
Fairdays Western | Jonathan Cowden | 9.75 | 1.59.2 | €2375 | |
6 | Trot Grade D-B HCP | ||||
Bibi Dairpet | Donal Murphy | 1 | 2.07.3 | €1074 | |
7 | Red Mills All Ireland | Trot Series Final | |||
Curly de Layon | Martin Loughran | 4.75 | 3.10.6 | €2800 | |
8 | Pace Grade F-D HCP | ||||
King Wills Arrival | Oisin Quill | 6 | 2.02.4 | €335 | |
9 | Red Mills All Ireland Series | Trot Consolation Final | |||
Builiano | Billy Roche | 2.5 | 3.13.0 | €1446 |
IHRA TV Final Video
A Video Clip of the Final is Available at IHRA TV for $100 Yearly subscription for All Races Here: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Last Accessed 29 December 2020]
Report
Fairdays Western, trained by Kevin Corey and driven by Jonathan Cowden won five out of 6 races, including the Final in the Irish Harness Racing Association All Ireland Pacer Series Final in Portmarnock Raceway on 22nd November 2020. The All Ireland Trotter Series Champion was Curly de Layon, trained by David Loughran and Driven by Martn Loughran, winning four out of six races, including the Final.
About Harness Racing
Harness Racing is Pony & Trap Racing, whereby a Horse and Driver race around a cicuit with the first past the Finish Line the Winner. Standardbred Horses are employed. Pacer is identified by the gait of the horse, with the horses leg moving one side at a time; this is historically the most popular in Ireland, as well as USA, Australia and New Zealand. In Trotter is a two-beat diagonal gait of the horse where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It is tradtionally the most popular in Europe, but is becoming more popular in Ireland. [Reference: 4]
References
Images
[1] Irish Harness Racing Association | Facebook (2016) cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1.png%5BAccessed 5 October 2020]
Websites
[2] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) Portmarnock Raceway Sunday 22nd November 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/results/portmarnock-sunday-22nd-november-2020/ [Accessed 29 December 2020]
[3] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) All Ireland Series Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/all-ireland-series-final [Accessed 29 December 2020]
[4] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) History of the Sport [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/elementor-history-of-the-sport[Accessed 29 December 2020]
Images
[5] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2020]
Video
[6] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) IHRA TV Final Video [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Accessed 29 December 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Vin Kingston, Frank Kingston, Aedamar Kincaid, John Malone & John Kane
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 29 December 2020
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