#Galway Festival

Only twice has Ado McGuinness endured a blank Galway festival since 2010 and the final-day feature could prove his best chance of finally getting off the mark for the 2022 meeting. Current Option, one of a possible seven runners for the Dublin-based team, must have an excellent chance of making it three-in-a-row in this race considering he's rated…

We are deep inside the final furlong of 2022. I'm hoping plenty of you will be powering to the finishing post hard on the bridle, rather than wearily struggling to the line or having pulled up sometime during the summer heatwave. That was then, this is now. We go again in 2023, and what a momentous year it promises to be. Here are ten reasons why…

Aidan O'Brien's sole representative at Goodwood, Emily Dickinson, has been the subject of good money today according to bookmaker Star Sports. The firm have taken a £20000 bet on the Irish Oaks fourth, who was narrowly denied on her penultimate start in the Group 3 Stanerra Stakes, and the filly is 2-1 favourite for the Lillie Langtry Stakes…

Donnacha O'Brien: aiming at a Group 1 with his first runner in Britain Starting at the top leaves you with an awful long way to fall but Donnacha O'Brien has never looked afraid of heights. Having the favourite for a Group 1 race as your first British runner might faze many trainers, particularly if they were only months into their new career and…

ALCOHOL FREE is ready to spark celebrations with yet another Group 1 success in the Juddmonte International (3.35). Andrew Balding's daughter of No Nay Never tackles a mile and a quarter for the first time on day one of the Ebor meeting. Oisín Murphy, once again flying high at the top of the jockeys' championship, will be biding his time in her bid…

Jungle Cove: seeking another major handicap win under Dylan Kidd No favourite has won this historic handicap since 2000, so it could pay to think outside the box when it comes to cracking the big-race puzzle. Unexposed three-year-old Janoobi, trained by Ger Lyons, is one of the most appealing candidates towards the head of the market, but…

FAKIR D'OUDAIRES can land a big prize for Ireland in the Grade 1 Marsh Chase. Joseph O'Brien's chaser is as tough as they come and bounded clear by 11 lengths in this race 12 months ago. Returning in his usual consistent manner, JP McManus' seven-year-old recorded a 15-length score at Grade 2 level in November. There was no disgrace in finding…

He got off the mark on his racecourse debut in a seven-furlong maiden at the Irish Derby meeting at The Curragh last year, getting home by a whisker in in one of the most exciting finishes of the entire 2021 season. Ger Lyons' colt stepped forward from that on his second and final run last season when he landed the Group 2 KPMG Champions Juvenile…

EARTH can Strike in the opener. Having won like a nice prospect on debut here last month, Joseph O'Brien's EARTH STRIKE should take all the beating in this Listed contest. She bumped into a decent stablemate and Ger Lyons' Sister Rosetta that day, but this course and distance proved to suit her much more than it did them as she flew by both in the…

Attached stable: Ben Pauling First ride: 2017 First winner: Hoke Colburn, Ludlow (October 2018) Total winners: 70 Best horse ridden: Top Notch Luca Morgan is currently four clear of his closest pursuer in the conditional jockeys' championship having ridden 27 winners in Britain this season. Morgan has really seized the initiative in recent days…

Wesley Ward is anticipating a "great race" as Lady Aurelia and Battaash do battle in Tuesday's feature race, the King's Stand Stakes. American-based horse Lady Aurelia is eyeing a Royal Ascot hat-trick, victorious in the King's 12 months ago and having also won the Queen Mary in 2016. But Battaash is the new kid on the block, looking to stake a…

Its been a pretty hectic month for Paddy what with his Pick 5 giveaways and pay out on Jonbon to win the Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - but is he finished? No he's not. Because the big man is front-and-centre again at Cheltenham on Saturday as the main sponsor of the feature race, the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Woof! And a card of such…

The November Meeting continues at Cheltenham on Saturday, where the Paddy Power Gold Cup headlines the action. Along with four races from Prestbury Park, we'll head over to Lingfield for two Listed races in their All-Weather Finals series. Monmiral always looked like he'd make up into a high-class chaser, so I was surprised when Paul Nicholls kept…

Sunday's Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (2.55 Cheltenham) is the final highlight of the three-day November meeting, with the gambled-on Thousand Tears the favourite to give trainer Emmet Mullins a second win in the race in the last three runnings. Here we assess his claims, along with four other leading contenders. Form F340U- Strengths Twice a…

Finished second in the Galway Plate last year, just a length behind his stable companion Royal Rendezvous. He is 3lb higher now than he was then, but he is a classy chaser, he is four for four this season, and he warmed up for this nicely with an impressive victory at Tramore last time. We haven't seen him since he finished third behind Blue Lord…

Commander Of Fleet: Grade 1-winning novice hurdler in 2019 makes his return at Thurles This has the makings of a trappy affair that could boil down to a Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins duel if ratings are to be taken literally. Stratum has always been a classy operator on the Flat and brings some useful hurdles form to the table. Rated 142 and…

Paul Nolan's colt HMS Seahorse looks to have plenty in hand of his rivals on Timeform weight-adjusted ratings in the opening novice hurdle for four-year-olds, even under a penalty. Originally in training with Aidan O'Brien alongside his very smart brother Armory, HMS Seahorse failed to win in five attempts for Ballydoyle. However, having joined…

While the eyes of British fans will be fixed on Glorious Goodwood next week, Irish eyes look towards Galway, as their popular summer Festival gets underway on Monday. The feature race during this seven-day meeting is the Galway Plate, a handicap chase that has been won by legends like Tipperary Boy and Derrinstown during its 150-year history. We've…

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Join our channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing The American Grand National 2022 is one of the highlights this Saturday on the US horse racing front - with an international field of jumpers, that include the Irish-trained Hewick, heading to the Far Hills race meeting in New Jersey for the Grade 1 $300000 contest. Interested in horse…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing We are on hand with our free Galway Festival betting tips throughout the monster 7-day meeting this week. Something for everyone on the opening day (Monday 25th July) with a mixed 7-race card that includes flat and jumping racing. See below our Galway Festival free tips and best bets. Already…

The second stage of the September fixture at Galway goes ahead this evening The well-fancied Willie Mullins-trained reserve for the feature race on day one of the Galway Festival has sneaked into the final field, with the 9-1 third choice of bookmakers Youmdor getting a run. The withdrawal of Noel Meade's Lunar Power means the McNeill Family-owned…

There are six meetings taking place across the British Isles on Monday, four Flat, two National Hunt and at least one in each of the five countries. They race on the level at Hamilton Park (1.05-5.08pm), Ffos Las (1.25-4.55), Down Royal (1.30-5.30) and Newcastle (4.50-8.30), the last being the day's only all-weather meeting. The jump action comes…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Sunday, 25 September, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens tipsters is Echoes In Rain. She runs in the big betting race at the Curragh, the Irish Cesarewitch - a Premier Handicap over an extended 2m (4:15). Willie Mullins' mare is solid each way value at awesome 8/1 odds…

GALERON ENSURED the majority of the huge prize-money up for grabs in the Goffs Million would head back across the Irish Sea with a clear-cut victory at the Curragh. A total prize fund of over €1.2millon was actually up for grabs in the seven-furlong contest and 19 juveniles went to post. Galeron, trained by Charlie Hills, finished down the field in…

Dermot Weld has been around the track enough times to know never to get too high or too low about his stable's latest'good thing'. But even at this time of his career, the 74-year-old master of Rosewell House hardly bothers to contain his enthusiasm for his superstar filly, Homeless Songs. The three-year-old Irish 1000 Guineas winner will be back…

There are five race meetings across Britain and Ireland on Monday and, a sure sign of autumn's arrival, three are over jumps with just two on the Flat. They race at Brighton (1.00-4.15pm) and Newcastle (5.30-8.30, all-weather) on the level as well as Newton Abbot (1.50-5.00), Perth (2.15-4.50) and Galway (4.10-7.45) over obstacles. Monday's nap…