The third day of the July Racing Festival 2025 is scheduled for July 16th at Killarney Racecourse, continuing the vibrant five-day celebration of Irish flat racing. This mid-week fixture features seven exciting races, with the first contest set to start at 17:20 and the last race going off at 20:20. The day promises a thrilling mix of claiming, maiden, handicap, and listed races that highlight both emerging and established talent.
Racing opens with the Killarney Plaza Hotel & Spa Optional Claiming Race, run over 1m 40yds for a total prize fund of €10,000. Notable contenders in this race include Heliogabalus, Mogwli, Mono River, Shoot To Kill, Temple City, and After Love, alongside others such as Sugar Club, Summer Island, Catena Zapata, and Casanova.
At 17:50, the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Race takes place over 1m 40yds, offering €25,000 in prize money. The lineup includes A Boy Named Susie, Acclamatic, Dial Me In, Empty Wallet, Wyman, Badger’s Cove, and Bellamano.
The third race is the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden, also run over 1m 40yds, and offers €14,500 in prize money. Set to compete are Adieu Spirit, Angels Instead, Ben Lawers, Blue Moon Boy, Chester Nimitz, Hellorhighwater, Iron Fist, Jousting, and No Such Thing.
One of the day’s biggest attractions is the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cairn Rouge Stakes (Listed), which will be run at 18:50 over 1m 40yds. With a purse of €50,000, including €30,000 to the winner, this race features top fillies and mares such as And So To Bed, Bella Isabella, Ecstatic, Fiery Lucy, and Nancy J. The field also includes Orchidaceae, Red Letter, Rion Rubette, Shiota, Sweet Chariot, Tamam Desert, and Wannabe Royal.
The Rose Hotel Handicap follows at 19:20, run over 1m 40yds with €10,000 in total prize money. Among the contenders are Still She Blooms, My Minervina, Relevant Range, Serafina, Ocean Diamond, and Saith Seren, along with Jazz Dreamers, Lorr’s Girl, Seven Eleven, Hale Bopp, Liamo, Exceeding, Han Solo, and So Messi. Unterberg, Crypto Crash, and Amanirenas are listed as reserves.
At 19:50, the penultimate race—The Start Your Free Month Trial At racingtv.com Handicap—will be run over 1m 3f 103yds for a €10,000 prize. Declared runners include Tartaraghan, Ms Messi, Tassarolo, Charlie Brow’n, Patrick Street, Celtic Druid, Jawhary, Metamorpheus, and Synchronize, with others like Dolce Far Niente, Skib Gold, Men Of Dreams, Chou Chou, Deluca Chop, and La Tulipe Noire. Slieve Bearnagh, Together Aclaim, and Ranko Express are on the reserve list.
The final race of the evening is the Muckross Irish Gin Handicap, to be held at 20:20 over 1m 6f 80yds, with a prize pool of €11,500. Horses declared for the race include Garrybello, Atheneum, Ehteyat, Ifitwasme, Lady Kai, and Disco Boy, with additional runners Tuba, Surrey Force, Love Sonnet, Coulstys Way, and Randall Poets Lass rounding off the field.
