Crowds should be at Listowel and Irish Champions Weekend says HRI chief Kavanagh

The atmosphere at Listowel during harvest festival week is like no other race meeting

Listowel: crowds expected to be back on course for the festivalCredit: Patrick McCann

Irish racecourses are expected to be able to welcome back crowds in September, and hopes are rising there will be more than just owners at the Galway summer festival which starts on July 26.

Horse Racing Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh is confident both Irish Champions Weekend and the Listowel Harvest Festival will be staged in front of spectators in September, which will provide some sort of respite to racegoers in the wake of British tracks welcoming back spectators on Monday.

Kavanagh was asked whether he thought there would be a crowd, and not just owners, at Listowel's seven-day festival which begins on September 19, and he replied with an emphatic "yes", as he did to the same question about Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown and the Curragh on September 11 and 12.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 18 May 2021inNews

Last updated 19:33, 18 May 2021

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