The 2025 Irish fixture list contains the same number of meetings as in 2024, 395 | HRI/Patrick McCann/Racing Post
The 2025 Irish fixture list was published by Horse Racing Ireland on Friday. The number of fixtures is unchanged from 2024 at 395 after the Board of HRI approved the list in their meeting earlier this week.
Only four fixtures remain to be allocated, with the remainder retained as floating fixtures to be utilised during the year to deal with time periods when there is very high demand for opportunities to run from the horse population. There is also a contingency fixture list to reassign Tipperary’s dates if needed while an all-weather track is installed. The alternative Tipperary fixtures are as follows:
- April 24 Tipperary (Flat) to Dundalk
- Tipperary (NH) to Listowel on May 6, with Cork moving from May 6 to May 8
- May 14 Tipperary (NH) to Punchestown
- May 27 Tipperary (Flat) to Dundalk
- July 1 Tipperary (NH) to Wexford
- July 2 Tipperary (Flat) to Fairyhouse
- July 3 Tipperary (NH) to Limerick
- August 8 Tipperary (Flat) to Gowran Park
- August 31 Tipperary (Flat) to Cork
- October 5 Tipperary (Mixed): Listed Concorde Stakes to move to the Curragh and alternative fixtures found for remaining two flat races. Curragh to move to October 5 from October 4. G3 Tipperary Hurdle, G3 Joe Mac Novice Hurdle and G3 Like-A-Butterfly Novice Steeplechase to move to Gowran Park
- October 6 Tipperary (NH) to Galway
Jonathan Mullin, HRI’s Director of Racing, said, “The number of horses in training in Ireland this year remain at similar levels to 2023 and therefore it was felt prudent not to increase the number of fixtures for 2025. The fixture list process for 2025 involved consultation with a wide variety of industry stakeholders and we acknowledge their strong engagement throughout. In particular, given the need to produce a ‘shadow’ 2025 fixture list to accommodate the planned development of an All-Weather Track at Tipperary, we thank the racecourses for their considerable contributions.”
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