Dublin Racing Festival: Cheltenham clues aplenty at top-quality meeting
Nine winners from the 2021 Cheltenham Festival ran at the Dublin Racing Festival the previous month; seven on Irish Gold Cup day. Digest that statistic for a moment. Oh, and we saw the Grand National winner in action there too, as Minella Times chased home Off You Go in the Leopardstown Handicap Chase.
The two-day feast in early February has quickly become your ‘go to’ guide for Cheltenham winners. Leopardstown is always soaked with superstars on a weekend that has quickly become unmissable.
The Dublin Racing Festival was created in 2018 and amalgamated three standalone fixtures at Leopardstown between late January and mid-February. There are eight Grade 1 races, two Grade 2s, a Grade A handicap chase and four Grade B handicaps.
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Published on 17 October 2021inSeries
Last updated 18:16, 17 October 2021
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