Kids Go Racing

5th and 6th class pupils got to go behind-the-scenes at Galway Racecourse in March for the Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Go Racing Kids Club education day.

They met with racecourse manager Michael Moloney, local trainer Fergus Hanley and jockey Derek O’Connor who gave the children a brief insight into their lives in the racing industry and the preparations involved for Galway race week. 

They also got to visit the stables and saw the horses, the changing rooms, weighing scales and equipment used by the jockeys. Some of us even got a go on the racing simulator, an artificial horse which allows the jockeys to practice their technique.