Newbridge bar that wins charity Curragh race donates proceeds to local hospice

A charity race at The High Spirits & Food Festival at the Curragh Racecourse on Sunday saw each racehorse paired up with a bar from the county which in turn partnered up with a local charity or sports club.

The first five horses past the finishing line in the Friends of the Curragh Irish Cesarewitch won money for their partner bar and charity.

The 150/1 winner of the top prize of €2,500 was O’Rourke’s Bar in Newbridge who will donate the money to the Curragh Hospice.

Here is the full result:

Magellan Straits – O’Rourke’s Bar, Newbridge – Curragh Hospice - €2,500;

Falcon Eight – James Nolan’s Bar, Kildare – Barretstown - €1,000;

Dawn Rising – Hartes, Kildare – Curragh Hospice - €500;

Jesse Evans – Bardons, Kildare – Barretstown - €500;

My Mate Mozzie – Eric McDonnells, Newbridge – Moorefield GAA - €500.

The High Spirits & Food Festival ran alongside a packed programme of racing with feature races including the Goffs Million and Group 2 Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford Stakes on Saturday and the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes and the Group 3 Westgrove Hotel Renaissance Stakes on Sunday.