1990 The Demise Of Phoenix Park Racecourse

@Kilko01 A real shame. I was lucky enough to see the Long Fellow get up on Commanche Run in the Champion Stakes there. And about an hour before that, to great fanfare over the PA system and excitement of the crowd, JR Ewing landed in a helicopter wearing his trademark stetson!

You know it's time for something else when: ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛

Imagine how popular the course in the middle of the city centre would be now .

That meeting featured an unsuccessful flat horse's 17th failure to break its maiden. It had one more run on the flat before the next month Viking Flagship started a successive hurdling career and a top quality career over fences.

Was there the day when Pharoahs Delight won the Heinz 57 put 20k on her with Sean Grahams lad at 6/4 never battered an eyelid and no it was not my bet

I was there for the final meeting, was a sad day.

Thanks for posting, spent many a day at the Park and afterwards across the road at the Halfway House

Should have never been got rid of. Would be a beano nowadays, with Leopardstown struggling to fill their summer meetings imagine how packed the Park would be had it stayed open and also had those race days. Wouldn’t have minded Leopardstown be sold and the Park kept.

Went to a couple of Heinz 57's there. Real shame it was got rid of being so close to Dublin.

Very classy having The Last Post played!

remember watching the caretaker win the cartier millions in 89 or 90 loved that course