Race	Horse / Race Name	Driver	Distance	Time	Prizemoney
1	IHRA Apprentice	Championship Final
	Silvano Bello	Eoin Murphy	1	2.07.06	€996
2	Pace Grade G & G1 HCP
	Newtown Alana	Wayne McNevin	11.25	2.09.04	€309
3	Conditioned F Trot (New on Hard Track 2020)
	Belkalinja	Donal Murphy	1.25	2.09.01	€918
4	Grade F & E Trot
	Extrem Ryld	Gavin Murdock	4.25	2.06.07	€918
5	Red Mills All Ireland	Pace Series Final
	Fairdays Western	Jonathan Cowden	9.75	1.59.2	€2375
6	Trot Grade D-B HCP
	Bibi Dairpet	Donal Murphy	1	2.07.3	€1074
7	Red Mills All Ireland	Trot Series Final
	Curly de Layon	Martin Loughran	4.75	3.10.6	€2800
8	Pace Grade F-D HCP
	King Wills Arrival	Oisin Quill	6	2.02.4	€335
9	Red Mills All Ireland Series	Trot Consolation Final
	Builiano	Billy Roche	2.5	3.13.0	€1446

IHRA TV Final Video

A Video Clip of the Final is Available at IHRA TV for $100 Yearly subscription for All Races Here: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Last Accessed 29 December 2020]

Report

Fairdays Western, trained by Kevin Corey and driven by Jonathan Cowden won five out of 6 races, including the Final in the Irish Harness Racing Association All Ireland Pacer Series Final in Portmarnock Raceway on 22nd November 2020. The All Ireland Trotter Series Champion was Curly de Layon, trained by David Loughran and Driven by Martn Loughran, winning four out of six races, including the Final.

About Harness Racing

Harness Racing is Pony & Trap Racing, whereby a Horse and Driver race around a cicuit with the first past the Finish Line the Winner. Standardbred Horses are employed. Pacer is identified by the gait of the horse, with the horses leg moving one side at a time; this is historically the most popular in Ireland, as well as USA, Australia and New Zealand. In Trotter is a two-beat diagonal gait of the horse where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It is tradtionally the most popular in Europe, but is becoming more popular in Ireland. [Reference: 4]

References

Images

[1] Irish Harness Racing Association | Facebook (2016) cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-Irish_Harness_Racing_Association_Logo_6-17-1.png%5BAccessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) Portmarnock Raceway Sunday 22nd November 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/results/portmarnock-sunday-22nd-november-2020/ [Accessed 29 December 2020]

[3] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) All Ireland Series Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/all-ireland-series-final [Accessed 29 December 2020]

[4] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) History of the Sport [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/elementor-history-of-the-sport[Accessed 29 December 2020]

Images

[5] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/pk22nov_283_copy-copy-oyt8ekqsliwuo897ts1mpgij35pew9kppa09vsuzrc.jpg [Accessed 29 December 2020]

Video

[6] Irish Harness Racing Association (2020) IHRA TV Final Video [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishharnessracing.com/video#clip=6k49ld3vkk4c&time=0 [Accessed 29 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vin Kingston, Frank Kingston, Aedamar Kincaid, John Malone & John Kane

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 29 December 2020

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