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Tralee Racecourse Address Ireland Type Horse racing venue
Tralee Racecourse was a horse racing venue in Tralee , County Kerry , Ireland . It was located at Ballybeggan Park about two miles to the north east of Tralee town centre. It ceased to operate in 2008 with fixtures transferred to other racecourses.[1]
Ballybeggan Park (formerly a deer park owned by the family of Daniel O’Connell [2] [3] ) became the permanent site of Tralee Racecourse in 1898.[4] The racecourse hosted a week long meeting annually in late August as part of the Rose of Tralee International Festival . Many well known racehorses have been successful here including Dawn Run (ridden by her then 62-year-old owner, Charmian Hill[5] ), Vintage Crop , Desert King , Monty's Pass , Vintage Tipple and Alexandrova . There was also a nine hole golf course within the racecourse but this was closed in 2001.[6] [7]
In the early 2000s as the declining standard of facilities at the venue contributed to falling attendances the long-term viability of the racecourse was in doubt.[7] In the Celtic Tiger period of economic boom in Ireland the racecourse land became a valuable landbank. In 2007 a majority of the shareholders in the company that owned the racecourse voted to sell it to a property development consortium.[4] [8] The last fixture took place on 1 October 2008 and the final horse race run at Tralee Racecourse was the Denny Havasnack (Q.R.) Race over two miles and one furlong won by 'P'Tit Fute'.[9] The Post-2008 Irish economic downturn meant development plans for the racecourse site were never realised[10] and it has since hosted other equestrian events such as point-to-point meetings[11] [12] and pony racing.[13] [14]
References
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^ "Future of Tralee back on the table" . Irish Times . 21 August 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017 .
^ a b "Tralee racetrack sold in €40m development deal" . Irish Examiner . 1 September 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2017 .
^ "Paddy Mullins obituary" . The Guardian. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2017 .
^ "Ballybeggan Park" . Irish Times . 20 June 2000. Retrieved 12 July 2017 .
^ a b "Outcry at plan to sell Tralee racecourse" . Irish Times . 3 July 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2017 .
^ "Shareholders agree to sell Tralee racecourse" . RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2017 .
^ "Full Result 6.35 Tralee - 1 October 2008" . Racing Post. Retrieved 10 July 2017 .
^ "Stack Park move on hold" . The Kerryman. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2017 .
^ "Horse racing returns to Ballybeggan" . The Kerryman. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017 .
^ "Update on Tralee Point to Point" . p2p.ie. May 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017 .
^ "Ballybeggan Course On Track For August Race Meeting" . TraleeToday.ie. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2017 .
^ "Rose of Tralee, Ballybeggan Races 2014" . PacWebTV. 21 August 2014.
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