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 does 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), which has been won by 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: 7-20 (35%) -4.02
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 5-13 (38%) -2.66
- Handicap Chases: 15-48 (31%) +3.01
- Handicap Hurdles: 12-63 (19%) -20.72
- Non-Handicap Chases: 31-70 (44%) -8.82
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 50-110 (45%) -17.31
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 the 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?
Whilst Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the most successful trainer at Thurles with a total of seven winners, if you backed all of their runners, you would be showing a loss. W P Mullins is the most successful trainer at Thurles for those who show a profit if backing all their runners, thanks to a total of three winners and an LSP of +38.75. If you are more of an eachway player, then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Thurles, and that would be Noel Meade, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +9.81, thanks to their seven placings (one winner). A total of three winners from eighteen runners at Thurles has A P O'Brien at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 17% strike rate and worst LSP of -12.40.
Dylan B McMonagle has produced a total of six winners at Thurles racecourse, and with an LSP of +27.13, they top the winners list for jockeys who also show a profit. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Thurles, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Dylan B McMonagle, that LSP is +16.35, which has been accumulated by a total of nine placings, which includes six winners. With an LSP of -21.25 at Thurles, C T Keane heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of one winner from twenty-four rides, which is a strike rate of 4%.
Thurles Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| W P Mullins | 5-3-3 | +38.75 | +23.15 |
| Noel Meade | 16-1-7 | +13.00 | +9.81 |
| Denis Gerard Hogan | 10-1-1 | +13.00 | +4.75 |
| Luke Comer | 9-1-2 | +32.00 | +21.63 |
| D K Weld | 7-1-4 | +1.50 | +3.59 |
| Adrian McGuinness | 6-1-1 | +3.00 | +0.00 |
| M Halford | 3-1-1 | +2.00 | +0.50 |
| M A Molloy | 2-1-1 | +1.75 | +0.65 |
| Charles Coakley | 1-1-1 | +25.00 | +15.63 |
| Terence O'Brien | 1-1-1 | +6.00 | +3.75 |
Thurles Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan B McMonagle | 17-6-9 | +27.13 | +16.35 |
| J A Heffernan | 18-3-6 | +25.10 | +12.95 |
| Adam Caffrey | 7-3-3 | +11.75 | +5.84 |
| Ben M Coen | 10-1-2 | +19.00 | +8.44 |
| Nathan Crosse | 9-1-1 | +32.00 | +17.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 9-1-1 | +3.00 | -1.12 |
| D P McDonogh | 7-1-4 | +1.00 | +3.05 |
| Joe Doyle | 3-1-1 | +20.00 | +11.75 |
Thurles Jockey and Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Thurles?
Backing all of the W P Mullins runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Thurles, with forty-nine, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. Henry De Bromhead leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +41.65 from their eighteen winners. Henry De Bromhead is the trainer to follow at Thurles if you are backing eachway, as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +29.35, which is courtesy of their fifty-four placings (eighteen winners). The trainer with the worst record at Thurles based on LSP is P J Rothwell, who has only a 7% strike rate with eleven winners from one hundred fifty-three runners, which have returned an LSP of -69.50.
Whilst J W Kennedy is the most successful jockey at Thurles with a total of twenty-six winners, if you backed all of their rides, you would be showing a loss. Darragh O'Keeffe is the most successful jockey at Thurles for those who show a profit if backing all their rides, thanks to a total of twenty-four winners and an LSP of +129.52. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market, then it is Darragh O'Keeffe who leads the way at Thurles. They have had a total of fifty-four placings, which includes twenty-four winners for an eachway LSP of +74.09. At the other end of the spectrum is P T Enright, who has a terrible record at Thurles; of all the jockeys, their LSP of -100.75 is the worst; they have a 3% strike rate with four winners from one hundred thirty-six rides.
Thurles Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Thurles for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 12-25 (48%) +10.51 - Backing Gordon Elliott runners when in a Novices Hurdle race
- 8-11 (73%) +10.98 - Backing J W Kennedy rides when in a Novices Hurdle race
Thurles Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations at Thurles based on the number of winners:
- 24 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
- 23 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
- 8 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Rachael Blackmore
- 7 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
- 6 Wins: Gavin Patrick Cromwell & K M Donoghue
Thurles Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry De Bromhead | 105-18-54 | +41.65 | +29.35 |
| Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 46-12-23 | +26.35 | +13.98 |
| C Byrnes | 36-6-11 | +5.98 | -1.57 |
| Emmet Mullins | 20-4-7 | +10.85 | +2.89 |
| P M J Doyle | 17-4-7 | +3.75 | -1.00 |
| Oliver McKiernan | 36-3-10 | +16.00 | +2.58 |
| Michael Winters | 23-3-7 | +3.00 | -3.00 |
| Eoin Doyle | 22-3-7 | +7.00 | +5.80 |
| Peter Fahey | 22-3-7 | +6.00 | +2.28 |
| Paul O'Flynn | 19-3-8 | +1.00 | +6.10 |
Thurles Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 144-24-54 | +129.52 | +74.09 |
| Sean F O'Keeffe | 106-8-21 | +10.83 | -19.82 |
| D King | 60-7-22 | +5.00 | -0.72 |
| Mr J C Gainford | 51-7-16 | +31.33 | +11.31 |
| M P Walsh | 26-7-14 | +4.53 | -0.44 |
| Miss J Townend | 19-6-9 | +60.43 | +32.61 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 15-5-10 | +50.03 | +32.13 |
| Mr R W Barron | 15-4-7 | +20.00 | +10.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 55-3-6 | +8.75 | -10.65 |
| Mr C M Quirke | 46-3-8 | +5.60 | -6.45 |
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 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).
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