HRI unveils plans for Tipperary all-weather track and €12,500 minimum race purse

Ireland’s horse racing authority has pledged to drive racecourse attendances to 1.5m a year by 2024.

HRI unveils plans for Tipperary all-weather track and €12,500 minimum race purse

A second all-weather track in Ireland is seen as a key milestone in the plans of Horse Racing Ireland, chief executive Brian Kavanagh revealed this afternoon at the Curragh Racecourse.

Having just one such venue, which hosts less than a quarter of all flat racing in this country, leaves us “behind the international curve” and is seen as a risk by HRI.

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