Tralee Racecourse
TRALEE Racecourse is set to be featured in a new book about the great racecourses of Britain and Ireland.
The book ‘From Epsom To Tralee – A Journey Round The Racecourses Of The British Isles’ (not many will be happy with that title!) is written by Roy Gill, who chronicles his visits to every racecourse in Britain and Ireland.
His journey started as a 12 year old boy at Epsom in 1955 and finished in 1992 as he reached his final racecourse in Tralee.
While we haven’t seen his account of his visit to the course – which held its last official HRI meeting in 2008 – it should make for interesting reading.
Every course that he visited is vividly recalled in the highly personal account. The author recounts all the interesting happenings and the behind-the-scenes stories of each venue, along with their highs and lows, heroes and villains, with personal anecdotes about the courses, the horses, the jockeys and trainers.
The book is said to be beautifully illustrated and will feature previously unseen and unpublished archived photographs.
So, if you are a fan of ‘The Turf’ or maybe would like to reconnect with some memories of this old course here in Tralee, then keep an eye out in shops in March when the book, published by Medina Publishing, will be on sale.
Roy Gill the author is a friend of mine. The amount of time and effort he has put into this book is amazing. I have known him for a few years and he has spent so many years writing about so many racecourses. If anybody deserves a book to be successful it is Roy.He is a mine of information about most things connected with the racing world. He has put his heart and soul into this project and has researched it in minute detail. I am so pleased for him that it seems to being reviewed in all the right places. I wish him every success.