The feature race of the year at Roscommon is the €40,000 2 mile Grade 3 Kilbegnet Novice Chase, run at the end of September.
The 1994 renewal saw top 2 mile chaser Sound Man beat Shawiya with subsequent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Call back in third.
[1] The course is right-handed of about 1 mile 2 furlongs in length with an incline on approach to the winning post.
There has been considerable investment in the last couple of years with an upgrade in facilities including stables, bars and entrance turnstiles.
[2] After the last meeting of 2018 the existing weighing room facility was demolished and replaced by a modern new building which will be formally opened on the first day of the new racing season in Roscommon on Monday May 13, 2019.