The new, smaller Rose of Tralee festival is better for Kerry

IF some of the owners of Ballybeggan Park have their way, today’s race meeting will be the last ever held at the track in Tralee, where there has been horse racing since the 1700s.

The new, smaller Rose of Tralee festival is better for Kerry

A meeting of the shareholders has already been called for September 10 to vote on a proposal to terminate racing at the track.

Some of the shareholders apparently wish to cash in and sell the place for housing sites. Last year they closed a nine hole golf course in the centre of the track.

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