Irish Horse Racing Tips for the Major Festivals
The most popular Irish racing tips at OLBG are those for the major Irish horse racing festivals. Crowds of more than 100,000 attend the Punchestown festival and Galway races.
Click the following links to head straight to our dedicated pages, providing you with all the members' tips on the day of the races and in advance, we will provide useful stats, trends & analysis for betting at the festivals.
About Irish Racecourses
The 26 racecourses in Ireland normally hold around 355 race meetings a year and attract attendances of over 1 million. At OLBG, we provide Irish racing tips for all courses and all meetings. The courses can be split between national hunt tracks, flat tracks and multi-purpose (jumps and flat courses).
Most of the Irish race courses are dual courses, but there are exceptions. Punchestown, Kilbeggan and Thurles provide National Hunt racing only. Dundalk, Laytown and The Curragh provide flat racing only. The other 20 racecourses provide both flat and jump racing.
Ireland has one all-weather track at Dundalk, and Laytown is the only beach racecourse in the country which runs races under rules.
By region, the Irish courses can be split as follows. Please click on a link to go to the course page. As well as finding any Irish racing tips for upcoming races, each course provides useful background information to help you with betting at the course. Course layouts, track bias, jockey & trainer stats, as well as other useful betting tips.
Ulster Northern Ireland Racecourses
Munster Racecourses
- Clonmel Tips
- Cork Tips
- Killarney Tips
- Limerick Tips
- Listowel Tips
- Thurles Tips
- Tipperary Tips
- Tramore Tips
Leinster Racecourses
- Bellewstown Tips
- The Curragh Tips
- Dundalk Tips
- Fairyhouse Tips
- Gowran Park Tips
- Kilbeggan Tips
- Laytown Tips
- Leopardstown Tips
- Naas Tips
- Navan Tips
- Punchestown Tips
- Wexford Tips
Connacht Racecourses
Most Successful Trainers in Ireland in 2025
Here are the top ten trainers based on the number of winners in Ireland in 2025:
| Trainer | R-W-P | LSP |
|---|---|---|
| Mullins, W P | 868-205-402 | -168.92 |
| Elliott, Gordon | 1239-191-451 | -228.93 |
| O'Brien, Joseph Patrick | 1033-138-349 | -278.29 |
| O'Brien, A P | 478-112-229 | -59.54 |
| Cromwell, Gavin Patrick | 1059-102-306 | -438.88 |
| Bromhead, Henry De | 749-101-260 | -223.72 |
| Murtagh, J P | 455-57-170 | -117.35 |
| Slattery, Andrew | 529-53-164 | -166.26 |
| Lyons, G M | 356-51-152 | -90.00 |
Most Successful Jockeys in Ireland in 2025
Here are the top ten jockeys based on the number of winners in Ireland in 2025:
| Jockey | R-W-P | LSP |
|---|---|---|
| Keane, C T | 763-119-295 | -186.39 |
| Townend, P | 313-109-186 | -32.51 |
| Lee, W J | 616-102-233 | -21.97 |
| McMonagle, Dylan B | 584-92-227 | -90.42 |
| Kennedy, J W | 406-72-171 | -122.37 |
| Foley, Shane | 671-71-199 | -168.71 |
| Whelan, R P | 566-67-185 | -136.94 |
| O'Keeffe, Darragh | 559-66-173 | -38.04 |
| Moore, Ryan | 167-64-115 | +14.56 |
| Donoghue, K M | 421-62-156 | -108.84 |
With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell.
*All of the data for Irish Horse Racing, which includes the trainer and jockey statistics, has been created using statistics available from HorseRaceBase. The data includes all races throughout the last year (2025).
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