Opening day of Dublin Racing Festival must pass morning inspection

There is a contingency plan in place should the track fail the inspection, which would see Saturday's card with all declarations transferred to Monday, and Monday's Punchestown card moved to Wednesday

Gordon Elliott with Brighterdaysahead and Romeo Coolio pictured at the launch of the 2026 Dublin Racing Festival. Pic: Inpho/Morgan Treacy

Leopardstown will inspect at 8am on Saturday ahead of the first day of the Dublin Racing Festival.

On Tuesday the course was unraceable with deep standing water on the back straight. However, due to the efforts of ground staff it was able to be drained away and was drying up nicely.