About Irish Racing

Irish Racing Services (IRS), a leading media agency for the horseracing industry, has been in existence for over 20 years. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Irish Times Ltd.

IRS provide a broad range of racing information to media outlets including newspapers, television, radio, and the internet. A list of clients using the IRS service include The Irish Times, Independent Newspapers, RTE, The Irish Examiner, The Irish Field, The Racing Post, Timeform, Tote Ireland and PA Sport.

Full racing cards and entries, complete results and comments for each horse, news stories, previews, tips and reports form the backbone of the 365 day a year service.

IRS also offer specialist services including individual horse analysis and studies on trends and patterns around major races.

IRS returns the official starting prices (SP) from all Irish race meetings under licence from HRI

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