Often described as one of Ireland's most beautiful racecourses, Killarney nestles between mountains and lakes, and a visit to the track is always a pleasure - win or lose.
The first recorded race in the area was in the 1820s and meetings were held periodically until 1901. Racing ceased for some time until the present venue was opened in 1936. The course itself is a left-handed oval shape which is around nine furlongs in distance. There are six fences to a circuit on the chase course and there is a run-in of around a furlong. On the flat, there are no real stand-out draw advantages.
Trainer Dermot Weld has a good record here with a win rate of nearly one in four on average. Backing his horses at Killarney over the past five years has broken even to level stakes. Jockey wise, Niall McCullagh shows a strike rate of over 20% and has proved profitable to follow in recent times.
National Hunt favourites have a strike-rate of 28.8%, which is slightly higher than the flat figure of 27.7%.
Previous course winners have 12.1% win rate on their return in flat racing, with that figure a little less over jumps at 11.9%.