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sport · Monday 12 October 2026 · TBC 
Roscommon Racecourse - October Fixture
At Roscommon Racecourse · Racecourse Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
At Roscommon Racecourse · Racecourse Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
Roscommon Racecourse hosts a daytime jump racing fixture on Monday, 12 October 2026, the last of the track’s six confirmed meetings for the year and the second of its two autumn dates, alongside the 28 September card. It closes out a season that runs from a summer evening meeting in July through the height of summer into a pair of daytime autumn fixtures, at a track that has been producing Irish racing personalities for generations.
Roscommon is a right-handed track with a stiff climb to the winning post, a feature that tends to find out any horse short of fitness and rewards a strong-galloping type. As a daytime October fixture, the card is likely to lean toward National Hunt racing over jumps rather than the evening Flat cards the track runs in summer, though the exact race programme is confirmed closer to the date on the racecourse’s own website. On-course facilities include bookmakers and Tote betting, bars, a restaurant, and live entertainment, and free on-site parking makes it an easy day out without needing to plan public transport in advance. Race meetings here draw a mix of serious form students, local families and a strong social crowd, since a Roscommon raceday is as much a social fixture on the county calendar as a sporting one, and October’s cooler, shorter days suit a daytime card better than the evening summer meetings.
Roscommon Racecourse is on Racecourse Road on the edge of Roscommon town, an easy walk from the town centre. Roscommon town sits roughly 145km west of Dublin via the M4/M6 and N61, about 30km north of Athlone and a similar distance south of Longford. Bus Eireann serves Roscommon town from Dublin and Galway, with the racecourse a short walk or taxi ride from the bus stop.
Roscommon town has a well-preserved Norman castle ruin, a 13th-century Dominican priory, and a main street with plenty of options for food before racing. There is more to see in Roscommon and across Co. Roscommon.
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