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'Excited about the switch' - Irish Derby to revert to different day in 2023

Next year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby will revert to a Sunday slot for the first time since 2011 with an increased prize of €1.25 million on offer. The Group One event, which is held at the Curragh and was won by Ralph Beckett’s Westover this year,...

13 Dec 2022 at 16:40

Horse Racing

Three-time Irish Derby winner Dermot Weld reflects on his glittering career ahead of this year's festival at the Curragh

In his own words Dermot Weld describes the late 70s and early 80s as an unbelievably challenging period for both Irish racing and the country as a whole. The son of an excellent trainer in his own right, Charlie Weld, Dermot, before following on ...

23 Jun 2022 at 14:03

IrishDerbyFestival

Viewers could have made a fortune with my CNN Derby predictions

In June 2015, I got a call from CNN International. This doesn’t happen a lot and I don’t know where they got my number, but they wanted to talk about the Irish Derby and could I come down to their studios near Oxford Street in London to preview ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:19

IrishDerbyFestival

Down Irish Derby memory lane with Naas man Damien McElroy

Naas is full of racing anoraks. However, in former Irish Independent Racing Correspondent Damien McElroy, the town has got one of the sport’s most respected judges — and when it comes to racing yarns, you’ll do well to find a man who tells ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:19

IrishDerbyFestival

Dubai Duty Free looks back on ten years of Derby highlights

While the saying may state that one week is a long time in sport, Dubai Duty Free’s 10 years of continued sponsorship for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby has flown by in the blink of an eye. Since becoming the title sponsor of Ireland’s ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:19

IrishDerbyFestival

Newbridge restaurant scoops Best Shopfront prize in Derby competition

The An Chistin Cafe/Il Ponte Nuovo restaurant premises on Newbridge’s George’s Street has scooped the Best Dressed Window competition, which is sponsored by Dubai Duty Free to coincide with this year’s Derby. They scooped the grand ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:19

IrishDerbyFestival

Can Cracksman conquer this Saturday's Irish Derby?

There haven’t been too many winners of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby in recent years which haven’t been trained on home soil. In fact, just the one English-trained horse has won Ireland’s premier Classic in the last 20 years, ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:19

IrishDerbyFestival

PHOTO GALLERY: The launch of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse

Derby Day is already a sell-out at the Curragh this year. With the venue operating at a reduced capacity of 6,000 due to its redevelopment, it was announced yesterday that ticket sales for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Day ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:20

IrishDerbyFestival

Packed programme of events for Kildare town's Derby Festival

The launch of the 39th Derby Festival took place on Wednesday evening at the Curragh Racecourse. A packed festival programme was presented on the night with many highlights over this year's festival which will take place ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:18

IrishDerbyFestival

€3,000 up for grabs in Dubai Duty Free best dressed window competition

A massive prize fund of €3,000 is up for grabs for the best dressed window for the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival. One of the racing highlights of the year, the festival takes place at The Curragh Racecourse ...

17 Jun 2022 at 11:15

Horse Racing

Aidan O'Brien impressed with Akhail's conclusive Curragh success

Aidan O’Brien was left wondering if he ran the wrong horse in the Irish Derby after watching Aikhal bolt up in the ARM Holding International Stakes at the Curragh. Stone last in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal ...

25 Jun 2022 at 18:47

IrishDerbyFestival Saturday

REVEALED: The Most Stylish winners at Kildare's Dubai Duty Free Derby 2022

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Most Stylish Lady contest made a return to the Curragh on Saturday after a three-year absence due to the pandemic. The competition was held in association with the K-Club and was ...

25 Jun 2022 at 21:15

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