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Famous Donegal horse racing event cancelled again

written by Stephen Maguire August 7, 2017
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The well-known Ballintra Race meeting has been cancelled for the second year in succession.

Following heavy overnight rain, organisers took the decision following a ground inspection this morning.

A spokesman said the track was slippy and that they could not allow it to go ahead in the interest of safety.

The race meeting takes place at Murvagh every year on the August Bank Holiday weekend and is one of the highlights of the summer in south Donegal.

The event has been running since 1943.

It was cancelled again last year because the track needed to be reseeded – again after bad weather.

Famous Donegal horse racing event cancelled again was last modified: August 7th, 2017 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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