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'''Ballybrit Race Track''' (also known as '''Galway Racecourse''') is a horse [[race course]] in [[County Galway]], [[Ireland]]. It is located in the village of Ballybrit, in the environs of [[Castlegar, County Galway|Castlegar]], just north of the [[N6 road (Ireland)|N6]] Bóthar na dTreabh, c.6km northwest of [[Galway]] city.▼
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[[File:Ballybrit Race Course, Galway - geograph.org.uk - 102510.jpg|thumb|Ballybrit Racecourse]]
▲'''Ballybrit Race Track''',
The track has two stands, the Main
The
Other meetings are held here in September (2 days), early October (1 day) and over the last weekend in October (3 days).
==Course information==
Ballybrit is a right-handed course of about one mile and three furlongs, with a steep decline into the dip where the last two fences are situated. There is a sharp incline to the finish line.
==History==
The first meeting was held in 1869.<ref>
As part of his [[Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland|visit to Ireland in 1979]], [[Pope John Paul II]] celebrated mass at the racecourse for
In 2021, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland]], the racecourse was used as a mass vaccination centre.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/8a35f-irelands-covid-19-vaccination-centres/ |title=Ireland's COVID-19 vaccination centres |date=30 March 2021}}</ref>
==Notable races==
▲As part of his [[Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland|visit to Ireland in 1979]], [[Pope John Paul II]] celebrated mass at the racecourse for three hundred thousand people. [[Mayor of Galway]] [[Michéal_Ó_hUiginn]] conferred the Freedom of Galway upon the Pontiff.
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! Race Name
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! style="width:70px" | '''Grade'''
! style="width:80px" |Distance
! style="width:50px" |Age/Sex
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| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|1|July/Aug}}
| style="text-align:center" |Wednesday
| [[Galway Plate]]
| style="text-align:center" |Chase
| style="text-align:center" | Handicap
| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|4426|2m 6f }}
| style="text-align:center" |4yo +
|-
| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|2|July/Aug}}
| style="text-align:center" |Thursday
| [[Galway Hurdle]]
| style="text-align:center" |Hurdle
| style="text-align:center" | Handicap
| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|3219|2m }}
| style="text-align:center" |4yo +
|-
| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|3|October}}
| style="text-align:center" |Sunday
| [[Ballybrit Novice Chase]]
| style="text-align:center" |Chase
| style="text-align:center" | Grade 3
| style="text-align:center" |{{Sort|3420|2m 1f }}
| style="text-align:center" |4yo +
|}
== References ==
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{{Horse racing in Ireland}}
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[[Category:Horse racing venues in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Sports venues in County Galway]]
▲[[Category:Ballybrit Racecourse|*]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1869]]
[[Category:1869 establishments in Ireland]]
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