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Down Royal
Lisburn · County Down
A day at Down Royal Racecourse
Flat & Jumps 🎟 Children free 👨👩👧 Very family-friendly
- 14racedays in 2027
- 5evening meetings
- 6weekends & holidays
🏇 The course
Right-handed, roughly square circuit of just under two miles; the only course in Northern Ireland staging both Flat and National Hunt racing.
- Track
- Right-handed · Turf
- Big races
- Northern Ireland Festival of Racing (early November) with the Grade 1 Champion Chase; Summer Festival (late June) with the Ulster Derby and His Majesty's Plate.
👨👩👧 A family day out
Under-14s enter free (general admission, with a ticket-holding adult); under-5s free but must be registered in advance for some events such as Dog Royal.
Family days: Annual Family Race Day (April; 2025 had pony rides, face painting, balloon modelling, bouncy castles); 'Dog Royal' dog festival (9 August 2026) with flyball and gundog demos
- 🛝 Play area: family days only
- 🐕 Dogs: some days
📍 Getting there
- Address
- Gravelhill Road, Maze, Lisburn BT27 5RW
- Parking
- Free car parking for all racegoers, all car parks within about 5 minutes' walk of the turnstiles
- Tickets
- General admission about £10–£25
Worth knowing: No train to the course: a Belfast bus runs from College Square North 1.5 hours before the first race.
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Hotel
Premier Inn Lisburn hotel
Lisburn, County Antrim · 2.7 miles from Down Royal Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Hotel
Haslem Hotel Lisburn
Lisburn, County Antrim · 3.2 miles from Down Royal Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Hotel
The Ballymac Hotel
Stoneyford, County Antrim · 6.1 miles from Down Royal Racecourse
Price guide: from £50 a night
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Down Royal 2027 fixtures
January
- Mon 25 Flat or Jumps Next
March
- Wed 17 Flat or Jumps
April
- Sun 11 Flat or Jumps
May
- Mon 3 Flat or Jumps
June
- Fri 4 Flat or Jumps EVE
- Fri 18 Flat or Jumps EVE
- Sat 19 Flat or Jumps
July
- Fri 23 Flat or Jumps EVE
August
- Fri 27 Flat or Jumps EVE
September
- Fri 3 Flat or Jumps EVE
- Mon 27 Flat or Jumps
October
- Fri 29 Flat or Jumps
- Sat 30 Flat or Jumps
December
- Sun 26 Flat or Jumps
From the Horse Racing Ireland 2027 Fixture List. Dates can change – check with the racecourse before you travel.
