Gowran Park Racecourse Guide
Gowran Park is in County Kilkenny, Ireland and stages national hunt and flat racing throughout the year.
Highlights: There are plenty of quality races under both codes on the menu at Gowran Park, which plays host to 7 National Hunt graded events, the highlight being the Grade 1 Thyestes Chase towards the end of January and on the flat, a Group 3 fillies in September plus two listed races.
View a list of fixtures, which includes 20 meetings in total over the year. Plan your day’s racing and betting. It’s possible to book your tickets online, and you can fit a round of golf in, too, perhaps!
TV Channel: Racing TV
If you are going to the Gowran Park races today, then why not download the OLBG app to get all the latest Gowran Park tips at the course?
* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Gowran Park
Gowran Park Outright Favourite Statistics
- Flat Handicaps: 51-208 (25%) -24.14
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 53-165 (32%) -36.49
- Handicap Chases: 9-23 (39%) +7.54
- Handicap Hurdles: 13-54 (24%) -1.88
- Non-Handicap Chases: 30-49 (61%) +8.39
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 25-72 (35%) -23.08
Gowran Park Racecourse Map
Flat Racing - A right-handed oval of around a mile and a half. While there are some undulations, it is essentially a galloping track, and the final climb in the three-furlong straight is quite testing.
Jumps Racing - A right-handed, oval track with a circuit of around a mile and a half. Although there are some undulations, the track is essentially galloping in character and, on soft ground, can provide a thorough test of stamina.
There are seven fences to a circuit of the chase course, which is on the outside of the hurdles track, with three situated in the three-furlong uphill home straight. The run-in is around a furlong.
Gowran Park Racecourse Address: Mill Rd, Gowran Demesne, Kilkenny, Ireland
Gowran Park Racecourse Telephone: 56 772 6225
To buy tickets for a race day at Gowran Park, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.


What do I look out for when looking at today’s tips from Gowran Park?
All the races are listed with a race time, and the most hotly-tipped horse at that time will be highlighted for each race.
You’ll see the number of tips and comments made on the selection, which are represented in numbers and percentages. The latest betting odds also appear alongside the name of the horse.
The best OLBG tipsters leave informed comments with their tips, and this can help you understand their thinking and logic towards making this selection.
To view the comments made on the horse and to view the other tips made on other runners in the field, click/tap on ‘All Tips’.
You’ll see more information on the runners at Gowran Park, such as jockey, form, weight, and age, and you’ll be able to read the tips' comments. The star rating system combines the popularity of a horse and its latest betting odds.
To help you quickly find the best odds for horse racing at Gowran Park, OLBG provides a price comparison tool which quick and easy to use.
Just click/tap ‘Add' To Betslip on your chosen horse and we’ll show the latest best odds. Repeat to find the best odds for your combination bets at Gowran Park to make sure you’re getting the best potential profit for your bet.
If there is no meeting scheduled at Gowran Park, head over to the racing predictions page for tips on racing elsewhere today.
How to win using Gowran Park betting tips
You have all this useful information, and it’s your decision about how you use it. You’ll probably find your own particular OLBG tipster that you like to follow, as you like their logic and rationale, for example.
Every month, there is a horse racing tipster competition, and you can view the latest table here. Click on the tipster’s username to view their tipping history as well as their monthly profit trend, LSP & strike rate.
Remember, you also have the following valuable information available to you;
- You can use the most popular Gowran Park tips today to put into singles or put into a combo such as a double, treble or Lucky 15
- View and follow the tips of the most profitable tipsters from Gowran Park racecourse to narrow down your options further
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Gowran Park Draw Bias
✅ With an LSP of +96.57, the most successful stall at Gowran Park is stall 1 when backing runners over a trip of 1m1½f over the last five years.
❌ With an LSP of -87.04, the most unsuccessful stall at Gowran Park is stall 3 when backing runners over a trip of 1m over the last five years.
Here we have the draw bias for Gowran Park taken into consideration in races with ten or more runners. We will break down the figures by race trips. Draws can be much more important in shorter trips, where runners do not have time to find their position during the race, meaning the draw is probably more important than in races over longer distances.
- Sprints (5f to 7½f)
- Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
- Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)
The following table shows a breakdown of a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example, in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12). The positions will always be the lowest stall number to the highest.
Gowran Park Jockey & Trainer Statistics (Flat)
Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Gowran Park?
Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the leading trainer here at Gowran Park with thirty-nine winners, but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners, whilst following J P Murtagh would have returned the most winners (thirty-four) from a profitable trainer. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market, then it is Ross O'Sullivan who leads the way at Gowran Park. They have had a total of thirteen placings, which includes one winner for an eachway LSP of +35.28. The trainer with the worst record at Gowran Park based on LSP is Joseph Patrick O'Brien, who has only a 13% strike rate with thirty-nine winners from two hundred ninety-five runners, which have returned an LSP of -116.86.
Following W M Lordan would have returned a profit here at Gowran Park with an LSP of +51.06, and their twenty-six winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. C T Keane leads the jockeys' list overall with thirty-nine winners, but shows an overall loss. With an eachway LSP of +50.12 at Gowran Park, R C Colgan leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway, which has been helped by their seventeen placings, which include a total of eight winners. A total of thirteen winners from two hundred fifty-four rides at Gowran Park has C D Hayes at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 5% strike rate and worst LSP of -164.97.
Gowran Park Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations at Gowran Park based on the number of winners:
- 27 Wins: J P Murtagh & Ben M Coen
- 20 Wins: Mrs John Harrington & Shane Foley
- 18 Wins: G M Lyons & C T Keane
- 18 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & Dylan B McMonagle
- 16 Wins: A P O'Brien & W M Lordan
Gowran Park Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| J P Murtagh | 171-34-75 | +19.39 | +10.11 |
| Andrew Slattery | 156-16-49 | +1.76 | -11.46 |
| Adrian McGuinness | 100-12-36 | +15.08 | +16.21 |
| Michael Mulvany | 90-9-24 | +6.66 | -5.18 |
| M D O'Callaghan | 46-6-18 | +6.06 | -3.45 |
| Kevin Coleman | 41-6-13 | +23.25 | +11.11 |
| James M Barrett | 40-6-8 | +13.75 | -3.43 |
| J A Stack | 36-6-11 | +18.58 | +19.87 |
| Miss Natalia Lupini | 25-6-12 | +27.00 | +21.44 |
| Patrick Cody | 33-5-9 | +3.00 | -4.84 |
Gowran Park Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| W M Lordan | 127-26-54 | +51.06 | +36.33 |
| A J Slattery | 131-16-38 | +52.66 | +21.41 |
| R P Whelan | 176-8-35 | +27.50 | -16.54 |
| R C Colgan | 131-8-17 | +132.91 | +50.12 |
| Wesley Joyce | 90-8-21 | +13.83 | -1.91 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 59-7-21 | +26.25 | +21.74 |
| Danny Sheehy | 45-5-9 | +16.83 | +0.61 |
| J Coen | 37-5-12 | +6.33 | +1.16 |
| K G Kennedy | 26-3-4 | +1.50 | -4.87 |
| P McGettigan | 16-3-7 | +0.25 | +2.35 |
Gowran Park Jockey & Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Gowran Park?
Following Declan Queally would have returned a profit here at Gowran Park with an LSP of +5.25, and their seven winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. W P Mullins leads the trainers' list overall with forty winners, but shows an overall loss. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market, then it is Philip Fenton who leads the way at Gowran Park. They have had a total of six placings, which includes two winners for an eachway LSP of +40.65. With an LSP of -99.91 at Gowran Park, Gordon Elliott heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of twenty-three winners from one hundred ninety-eight runners, which is a strike rate of 12%.
With a total number of twenty-one winners at Gowran Park, P Townend leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+3.34) for all of their rides at Gowran Park. If you are more of an eachway player, then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Gowran Park, and that would be R J Condon, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +26.70, thanks to their eight placings (three winners). D Meyler does not have a great record at Gowran Park; their LSP of -49.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from two winners from sixty-six rides, which is a 3% strike rate.
Gowran Park Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations at Gowran Park based on the number of winners:
- 21 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
- 9 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
- 9 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Rachael Blackmore
- 7 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
- 6 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Darragh O'Keeffe
Gowran Park Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Queally | 33-7-8 | +5.25 | -7.41 |
| John Patrick Ryan | 41-4-13 | +0.63 | +1.32 |
| Padraig Roche | 29-4-10 | +6.00 | -1.28 |
| Eoin Doyle | 26-4-10 | +27.00 | +18.22 |
| Miss Elizabeth Doyle | 23-4-7 | +24.50 | +10.75 |
| James M Barcoe | 21-3-7 | +2.00 | -3.18 |
| Conor O'Dwyer | 11-3-3 | +29.50 | +12.75 |
| Desmond McDonogh | 4-3-3 | +24.00 | +11.95 |
| Philip Fenton | 27-2-6 | +79.00 | +40.65 |
| Eoin Christopher McCarthy | 15-2-2 | +7.00 | -2.20 |
Gowran Park Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| P Townend | 46-21-35 | +3.34 | -1.40 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 19-9-13 | +3.67 | +0.70 |
| R Deegan | 52-6-11 | +8.83 | -8.55 |
| Brian Hayes | 53-4-13 | +61.73 | +25.14 |
| Liam Quinlan | 14-4-7 | +24.63 | +11.82 |
| Conor McNamara | 23-3-3 | +7.00 | -4.90 |
| J B Foley | 22-3-5 | +1.25 | -5.14 |
| R J Condon | 15-3-8 | +59.00 | +26.70 |
| Charlie O'Dwyer | 14-3-4 | +33.00 | +13.75 |
| Derek O'Connor | 13-3-5 | +7.60 | +2.75 |
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 Gowran Park Racecourse, which includes the trainer and jockey statistics, has been created using statistics available from HorseRaceBase. The data includes all races throughout the last five years (2021 to 2025).


