Earliest meeting: Wednesday 18th September 1833
Final meeting: Thursday 2nd April 1840
Fingal is one of 3 local authority areas of Dublin, covering an area that takes in 88 kilometres of beautiful coastline. One of the earliest meetings to take place in Fingal was held on Wednesday 18th September 1833 when a series of Sweepstakes were spread out over two days. The Sporting Magazine of 1840 later reported that a race meeting was arranged by the Fingal Hunt Committee and took place on Thursday 2nd April 1840. The main race was sponsored by Mr W Shaw, who presented a Whip to Mr T Baker, the owner of Wagtail. However, the victory was anything but easy, for it was necessary to run four heats before Wagtail achieved the required two wins. |
| This racecourse is covered in Volume 4 of Racecourses Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. Ordering details shown below. |
| Local Patrons |
Mr W Shaw, Fingal Hunt Committee, Mr T Baker, Mr H Law, Mr Madden |
| Principal Races |
W Shaw Whip |
Thursday 2nd April 1840 |
The W Shaw Whip
1. Wagtail owned by Mr T Baker
2. Malibran owned by Mr H Law
3. Sir Edward owned by Mr Madden
It took four heats before Wagtail won the necessary two heats to claim the Whip. |
| The final meeting took place on Thursday 2nd April 1840. |
| Course today |
Across 4 miles of good hunting ground in fields on the edge of the village. |
| If you have photos, postcards, racecards. badges, newspaper cuttings or book references about the old course, or can provide a photo of how the ground on which the old racecourse stood looks today, then email johnwslusar@gmail.com |
Much of the information about this course has been found using internet research and is in the public domain. However, useful research sources have been:-
London Illustrated News
Racing Illustrated 1895-1899
The Sporting & Dramatic Illustrated
Northern Turf History Volumes 1-4 by J.Fairfax-Blakeborough
The Sporting Magazine
A Long Time Gone by Chris Pitt first published in 1996 ISBN 0 900599 89 8
Racing Calendars which were first published in 1727 |
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400 former courses |
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140 former courses |
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264 pages
235 former courses |
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