Top class racing, style and family fun at Curragh this weekend

Juddmonte Irish Oaks Weekend kicks off on Saturday 22nd of July with a fabulous 8-race card including the Group 1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks, Group 2 Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes and Group 2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup. 

The Barberstown Castle Sapphire Style Awards will take place off the track, more on that below.

Sunday 23rd is a family race day with free children's entertainment in the Moyglare KidsZone.

The feature races on the day are the Group 2 Romanised Minstrel Stakes and Group 3 Michael John Kennedy Memorial Stakes.

Gates will open at 11am on Saturday morning with the first race off at 1.30pm

On Sunday, gates will open at 11:30am with the first race at 2pm

The Moyglare Kids Zone will be open on both days with free activities including face painting and imagination Station. Magic shows will place on the Sunday.

A Curragh spokesperson said: "We look forward to welcoming customers to The Curragh Racecourse for a cracking weekend of racing, style and family fun."