Thurles Racecourse Guide
Our Thurles racing tips will be for the racecourse located in County Tipperary which hosts national hunt racing and has also hosted flat racing since 2018.
Thurles do stage a flat race card in October however the remaining ten race days per year are national hunt meetings, you can view the upcoming fixtures and going reports on the 'Official Thurles' website.
Highlights: The course plays host to four notable races during the national hunt season, so you can expect racing tips for the following:
In January Thurles hosts both the Brae Chase (Grade 3) won both Gold Cup winners Don Cossack and Sizing John in recent years and by Grand National winners like Amberleigh House in the past and the Coolmore Mares Novice Chase (Grade 2) won by top mare Vroum Vroum Mag in 2015.
In February the Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle is the highlight, whilst in November the highlight is the Listed John Meagher Memorial Chase.
TV Channel: Racing TV
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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Thurles
Thurles Outright Favourite Statistics
- Flat Handicaps: 6-19 (32%) -5.77
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 6-13 (46%) +0.09
- Handicap Chases: 11-49 (22%) -10.59
- Handicap Hurdles: 9-67 (13%) -33.30
- Non-Handicap Chases: 32-73 (44%) -11.55
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 54-113 (48%) -7.90
Thurles Racecourse Map
Right-handed oval course, 1 mile 2 furlongs in length with an uphill finish.
The hurdle course consists of six hurdles while the chase course involves seven fences, the fourth from home being an open ditch.
Thurles Racecourse Address: Racecourse, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Thurles Racecourse Telephone: 87 755 8882
To buy tickets for a race day at Thurles, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

How to use the Thurles Racing Tips on OLBG
When there is a fixture, you will be able to see the Thurles racing tips above.
If you are going racing at Thurles today then be sure to download the OLBG App for the latest Thurles tips at the track.
For each Thurles race, you will be presented with the runners that the OLBG racing tipsters have tipped the most.
You can view the odds, number of tips, percentage of tips, number of comments and a value rating.
You can add the runner directly into your betslip by clicking on the 'Add to Betslip' button.
If you want to examine the Thurles racing tips further simply click on the race time or most popular pick highlighted and you will then be presented with the race page.
On the race page, you will be presented with every runner in the race, along with how many tips each runner has received.
Also, the top three most tipped runners are highlighted at the top along with the Best Tipsters Tip which is the best profit-performing tipster over the last 12 months.
You can also read any comments that our racing tipsters have left and view individual profit performance statistics over the past week, month and year shown to 10-point stakes.
Strike rate and monthly trends are also shown so you can view overall consistency levels.
Finally, if there is no fixture today then why not visit either our 'Racing Tips for Today' page or our 'Best Racing Tipsters' page?
Thurles Jockey & Trainer Statistics (Flat)
Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Thurles?
With a total number of six winners at Thurles, Joseph Patrick O'Brien leads the way for winners from trainers who have shown a profit (+0.41) for all of their runners at Thurles. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Noel Meade who leads the way at Thurles, they have had a total of seven placings which includes one winner over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +9.81. A total of zero winners from nine runners at Thurles has D K Weld at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 0% strike rate and worst LSP of -9.00.
When looking at the leading jockeys based on wins for those who are also showing a profit when backing all of their rides then it is J A Heffernan who comes out at the top here at Thurles With a total of five winners and an LSP of +36.85. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Thurles and that would be J A Heffernan who shows the best eachway LSP which is +18.57 thanks to their seven placings (five winners). C T Keane does not have a great record at Thurles, their LSP of -26.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from zero winners from twenty-six rides which is a 0% strike rate.
Thurles Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 19-6-10 | +0.41 | +0.82 |
Mrs John Harrington | 17-4-8 | +0.10 | +1.49 |
Gavin Patrick Cromwell | 11-3-4 | +2.33 | -0.42 |
John C McConnell | 12-2-3 | +5.50 | +1.94 |
W P Mullins | 5-2-2 | +36.00 | +21.10 |
Noel Meade | 16-1-7 | +13.00 | +9.81 |
Denis Gerard Hogan | 14-1-2 | +9.00 | +1.81 |
Luke Comer | 11-1-2 | +30.00 | +19.63 |
Adrian McGuinness | 5-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.00 |
Paul W Flynn | 4-1-1 | +2.00 | +0.13 |
Thurles Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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J A Heffernan | 21-5-7 | +36.85 | +18.57 |
Dylan B McMonagle | 16-5-10 | +23.63 | +17.23 |
G F Carroll | 16-3-7 | +7.50 | +5.02 |
M W Hassett | 6-3-4 | +1.46 | +1.49 |
Ben M Coen | 9-2-2 | +28.00 | +14.18 |
Adam Caffrey | 6-2-2 | +10.00 | +4.75 |
Nathan Crosse | 8-1-1 | +33.00 | +18.00 |
Joe Doyle | 7-1-3 | +16.00 | +9.65 |
D P McDonogh | 7-1-4 | +1.00 | +2.18 |
Denis O'Regan | 1-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.70 |
Thurles Jockey and Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Thurles?
W P Mullins is the leading trainer here at Thurles with fifty-five winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Joseph Patrick O'Brien would have returned the most winners (eleven) from a profitable trainer. With an eachway LSP of +10.20 at Thurles, Eoin Doyle leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their eight placings which include a total of four winners. P J Rothwell does not have a great record at Thurles, their LSP of -68.00 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from seven winners from one hundred thirty-two runners which is a 5% strike rate.
When looking at profitable jockeys only, then it is Darragh O'Keeffe who leads the way with a total of twenty winners producing an LSP of +65.92 whilst P Townend leads the overall list with twenty-nine winners but shows a loss overall. Miss J Townend is the jockey to follow at Thurles if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +43.71 which is courtesy of their eleven placings (seven winners). With an LSP of -78.75 at Thurles, P T Enright heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of seven winners from one hundred forty-two rides which is a strike rate of 5%.
Thurles Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Thurles based on the number of winners:
- 28 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
- 24 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
- 10 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Rachael Blackmore
- 9 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
- 6 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & J J Slevin
Thurles Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 57-11-25 | +5.08 | +2.39 |
C Byrnes | 34-5-13 | +6.25 | +3.08 |
Miss Elizabeth Doyle | 34-4-9 | +18.75 | +3.38 |
Eoin Doyle | 24-4-8 | +15.00 | +10.20 |
Oliver McKiernan | 31-3-9 | +21.00 | +7.08 |
Padraig Roche | 27-3-6 | +2.00 | -4.95 |
J D Dullea | 20-3-5 | +3.75 | -2.10 |
Brendan M Walsh | 20-3-4 | +2.25 | -4.50 |
W J Austin | 18-3-9 | +7.50 | +4.23 |
Emmet Mullins | 15-3-6 | +14.25 | +6.78 |
Thurles Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Darragh O'Keeffe | 129-20-38 | +65.92 | +40.15 |
K M Donoghue | 51-9-17 | +2.95 | +10.44 |
Mr J C Gainford | 45-7-15 | +37.33 | +16.81 |
Miss J Townend | 20-7-11 | +76.43 | +43.71 |
Mr J J Codd | 20-6-13 | +1.12 | +1.61 |
Mr B O'Neill | 17-5-7 | +48.03 | +27.76 |
D King | 35-4-18 | +14.00 | +12.54 |
Aidan Kelly | 33-4-11 | +7.00 | +1.45 |
Mr R W Barron | 14-4-8 | +21.00 | +12.70 |
Mr B W Harvey | 31-3-11 | +34.50 | +24.25 |
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 Thurles Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.