Track Talk

The Curragh Racecourse has a right-handed horseshoe-shaped course over two miles with no sharp bends, with an adjoining chute feeding into the home straight which stages races of up to a mile. It has a straight three furlong run-in with an uphill finish and is regarded as one of the best and fairest racecourses in the world.

There are starts at five furlongs, six furlongs, six furlongs 63 yards, seven furlongs and a mile on the straight course. The five and six furlongs are run on the straight course. The position of the 2m, 1m6f and 1m4f starts are dependent on which course is in use: Derby (inner horsehoe) or Plate (outer).