Sligo - Chase Day

OK OK we believe you,no need to keep trying to show your Sligo credentials.
How come you hardly heard of Sligos most famous son and then when he was pointed out to you you misspelt his name on three separate occasions.

A good friend of mine spells it the other way and i simply got confused, school boy error though i do admit. Will you come racing tomorrow Wildman, it's student day i believe.

Considering my very very close proximity to Lissadell house you were right to take me to task over it Wildman.

dont push your luck rocket ,i think wildmanfromborneo  believes you , but the student thing is a little cheeky .....

Last time I raced in Sligo was Derby day 1970,it was a long journey in those days a local horse was running,a mare called Alcymon think she finished second to Prairie Dog a horse who went on to better things and ran well in a Grand National.

Probably little has changed there to be fair Wildman, but it was a great day last year and the crowd was excellent over 3.5k iirc. You'd do Sligo racecourse in an hour and a half from Galway. Is there any other all chase days in Ireland out of interest?

i remember that one wildman ...backed it at navan one day , prairie dog that is ..think it ran in orange or brown colours ...the last time i was in sligo races  was 1991 i had a horse in training with liam browne at the time ..he invited me up as he thought one of his running that day had a big chance ..it finished third ..i've never been back since...

Great memories lads, the track is still a glorified greyhound track, there was talk of moving it out to Standhill or Dublin side of the town but money was obviously an issue.

I think it is accepted that Killarney is the most picturesque racecourse probably in the world but Sligo has Benbulben in the background and is lovely on a fine day.
Can't remember any all chase cards in Ireland although there are some in England generally Hunter Chase cards.

Went to Sligo maybe 8 or 9 years ago,  2 or 3 of us kittyed up and we backed the first five winners between us and threw the heap on the jolly in the bumper, got hammered.

Any updates on the weather/possibility of this going ahead?

i live about 300 metres from the track and it has been sheeting rain for the last 2 hours - course has been set up for racing. Gut feeling would be unlikely to race - shame as there is a lot of people planning to go.

I live Donegal side of Sligo and we've been having serious rain, i have to agree with SR gut feeling it won't go ahead. Sligo gets very soft down the bottom.

Off - We had some rain yesterday and last night, gutted as best day by an absolute street up there. Sun is out this morning too, typical.

Travelled up Tuesday evening bought tickets and all, still a good night was had in the town!!