Kilbeggan Racecourse is a

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Kilbeggan Kilbeggan () is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is in the barony of Moycashel. Geography Kilbeggan is situated on the River Brosna, in the south of County Westmeath. It lies south of Lough Ennell, and Castletown Geoghegan, north of ...

County Westmeath County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of ...

, Ireland. The first recording of racing in the Kilbeggan area was in March 1840. The course is located from the nearest, larger town of

Mullingar Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midland Region, with a population of 22,667 in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The Counties of M ...

and from the capital city of Dublin. The presence of the M6 motorway means that the course is reachable from Dublin in approximately one hour. The race meetings in Kilbeggan begin in mid-May and finish in mid-September. The course is a right-handed, undulating course of one mile and one furlong with an uphill run to the finish. Its feature race is the Midlands National, ran in July.

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