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Downpatrick · County Down
A day at Downpatrick Racecourse
Jumps 👨👩👧 Family-friendly
- 10racedays in 2027
- 0Flat
- 10Jumps
- 2evening meetings
- 5weekends & holidays
🏇 The course
Tight, undulating right-handed circuit with a famously stiff uphill finish; National Hunt only (Flat racing has been dropped).
- Track
- Right-handed · Turf
- Big races
- Randox Ulster National (late March), plus themed Ladies Day and Family Day fixtures.
👨👩👧 A family day out
Family days: Annual Family Day in July (midweek), with around 26 children's activities including a pony, measuring children 'in hands' and close-up hurdles and fences
- 🛝 Play area: family days only
📍 Getting there
- Address
- 24 Ballydugan Road, Downpatrick BT30 6TE
- Tickets
- Early-bird general admission £16 incl. racecard (2023, online)
Worth knowing: Ireland's oldest racecourse (racing recorded from 1685), about one mile from Downpatrick town; no rail link (the old race-day platform closed in 1950), Bus Éireann/Ulsterbus to the town. No formal dress code found, but some August days have best-dressed competitions.
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Hotel
Denvirs Hotel Downpatrick
Downpatrick, County Down · 1.0 mile from Downpatrick Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
View details – Denvirs Hotel Downpatrick Book Direct / Check Availability – Denvirs Hotel Downpatrick (opens in a new tab) -
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B&B
Ballymote Country House
Downpatrick, County Down · 1.3 miles from Downpatrick Racecourse
Price guide: from £100 a night
View details – Ballymote Country House Book Direct / Check Availability – Ballymote Country House (opens in a new tab) - Google rating
Downpatrick 2027 fixtures
April
- Sun 4 Jumps Next
May
- Fri 7 Jumps EVE
- Fri 21 Jumps EVE
June
- Sat 12 Jumps
- Sun 13 Jumps
July
- Tue 13 Jumps
August
- Sun 8 Jumps
- Mon 30 Jumps
September
- Fri 17 Jumps
October
- Fri 8 Jumps
From the Horse Racing Ireland 2027 Fixture List. Dates can change – check with the racecourse before you travel.
