The 2018 edition of The Owners Awards in association with the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners and The Irish Field, will take place on Saturday October 20th. 

Laytown Strand’s 2018 race meeting on Thursday, September 6 marks 150 years of racing on the County Meath beach. 
To mark this special anniversary, Laytown’s race committee are launching a commemorative book ‘Laytown Strand Races, celebrating 150 years’ in the Glenside Hotel in Julianstown, County Meath on Tuesday, August 14th at 7.30pm. 

AIRO has secured agreement for free entry to racecourses to 123 meetings in 2018 for owners with a racehorse registered in training.
About 70 of these meetings are between the end of June and December. 

​AIRO has sought to have additional race fixtures in Dundalk during the November/December period 2018 so that there will be no recurrence of the race balloting issue that existed in 2017.

Horse Racing Ireland has confirmed that it has increased the original 2017 programme by one additional meeting for 2018 and will review the situation depending on demand.

The following are the free admission dates for racehorse owners who have a horse registered in training.

As from December 1st Owners with a runner on the day can request additional racecourse admission tickets over and above their AIR access cards.

Horse Racing Ireland Ownership Department has launched the ‘Experience It’ campaign, offering individuals and groups with an interest in racing the opportunity to trial racehorse ownership. ​