Cork Races

Cork Racecourse is a right-handed and relatively even horse racing venue outside the town of Mallow in County Cork. Used for both Irish flat and National Hunt events over jumps, it lies east of Killarney and southwest of Tipperary, making it one of the southernmost tracks in the Emerald Isle.

As well as a straight of seven furlongs for flat races, the round course makes a circuit of about a mile-and-a-quarter. Despite being a fair and level track, it is best suited by strong galloping horses.

There are both black type and Graded events held here. The most famous of Cork races are the Group 3 Munster Oaks for fillies and mares over a mile-and-a-half in summer and the Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase for two-mile steeplechasers in winter.

Cork Racecourse Fixtures and Events 2021

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SAT 2nd Jan Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

There are no events this month

THU 25th Mar Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

SAT 3rd Apr Cork

Turf Flat Afternoon

SUN 4th Apr Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

MON 5th Apr Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

FRI 23rd Apr Cork

Turf Flat Afternoon

FRI 7th May Cork

Turf Flat Evening

SAT 8th May Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

WED 19th May Cork

Turf Flat Evening

WED 9th Jun Cork

Turf Flat Evening

FRI 9th Jul Cork

Turf Flat Evening

FRI 23rd Jul Cork

Turf Flat Evening

MON 2nd Aug Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

SAT 7th Aug Cork

Turf Flat Afternoon

WED 8th Sept Cork

Turf Flat Evening

TUE 28th Sept Cork

Turf Flat Afternoon

SUN 17th Oct Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

SUN 31st Oct Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

SUN 14th Nov Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

SUN 5th Dec Cork

Turf Jump Afternoon

Cork Races Tips

Over jumps it’s hard to look past trainer Willie Mullins at Cork Racecourse after his record 10 wins in the Hilly Way Chase between 2007 and 2019. Unsurprisingly, he was the leading jumps handler for the five seasons from 2015-16 to 2019-20 with 38 winners from 124 runners – a 31 per cent strike rate.
Stable jockey Paul Townend operated at a 25 per cent win ratio in the same period.
With the flat meetings, Aidan O’Brien enhanced his Munster Oaks record to six wins thanks to his victory with Snow in 2020. Over the previous five seasons, however, he tied with Dermot Weld for most winners of Cork races with 25 each.
Ger Lyons had the best percentage with 22 per cent of his runners scoring. Seamie Heffernan and Billy Lee are the jockeys to follow as both had a 17 per cent success rate.