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Tue 28th Jul 2026

Team tips for Galway including a 20-1 chance on Tuesday's card

Emma Nagle was joined on the Irish Angle by Johnny Ward and Paddy Flood to give their selections for day two of the Galway Races.

1.19PM

Funiculi Funicula

'We are very pleased how he is working' - Willie Mullins pleased with Funiculi Funicula ahead of Galway Plate

12.01PM

Galway

Ground unchanged at Galway

8.51AM

Mon 27th Jul 2026

Teofil battles back to take Galway finale for Bolger

Trainer Jim Bolger won the final race on the opening night of the 2026 Festival as Teofil battled back close home under John Gleeson to land the Ray Dooley Monami Construction INH Flat Race at Galway.

8.50PM

Madbadanddangerous and Colin Keane

Madbadanddangerous gets up late to win for Meade and Keane

8.10PM

Dancing Saxon and Dylan Browne McMonagle

O'Brien doubles up as Dancing Saxon justifies favouritism

7.29PM

Comfort Zone and Derek O'Connor

Comfort Zone wins Galway Day One feature under Derek O'Connor

7.07PM

Trean and Billy Lee

Trean wins opening Flat race of Galway Festival for Twomey

6.32PM

Timurshah and Conor Smithers

Timurshah brings up hat-trick with easy Ballybrit win

6.07PM

Witches Familiar and Paul Townend

Familiar outcome as Witches lands opener at Galway

5.35PM

Paddy Flood's Galway double: 'I'd say he could develop into a graded horse'

2.50PM

Shane Foley and Dan King are two of four jockeys to note around Galway

12.12PM

Galway Hurdle: 'If you're in the middle you'll just hear the hurdles. You might not even see them!'

12.02PM

Andy Salttery

Four trainers to watch at Galway Races: 'A great chance in the Galway Mile with Loughrea'

11.41AM

Sun 26th Jul 2026

Galway hopes, loyalty and son Colin's success: Ger Keane speaks with Johnny Ward ahead of big week

Nearly six years ago, Gerry Keane was one of the lucky ones — able to work as normal during the pandemic — when one of the hazards of his profession almost left him in a wheelchair.

9.21PM

Light Up The Dark and John Gleeson, left

Galway going unchanged

9.17AM

Fri 24th Jul 2026

'He'd be my nap of the week' - Day 1 tips for Galway Races

The amateurs take the spotlight on the opening day of the 2026 Galway Races in the Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap (70-100) at 6.40.

8.56AM

WATCH: 'This is a farce of a start' - Galway Hurdle-winning jockey Paddy Flood

5.10PM

Galway accommodation prices jump almost 17% during Festival week

11.46AM

Kilbeggan

Latest Going including Galway update

9.40AM

Jolie Jewel (black, red stars)

'I hope to have four or five runners at Galway' - McMahon expecting Jewel to shine

9.24AM

Thu 23rd Jul 2026

Galway's new Clerk of the Course once trained a winner at the festival: 'We will try to have the ground kind and fair'

Local Galway man and new Clerk of the Course at Ballybrit, Shane Ryder, is looking forward to overseeing his first Galway Festival.

3.04PM

'I wish it was Galway tomorrow, he's in such good form' - Eoin McCarthy on Shadow Paddy

2.36PM

Eoin Griffin Trainer

Eoin Griffin's Galway chances headed by Ol Man Dingle: 'I'm delighted with the team I am bringing'

1.31PM

Galway Plate - 'Paul Townend always takes a lovely line in Galway. I call it the \"Ruby line\"

11.28AM

Gameball and Darragh O'Keeffe

Henry de Bromhead on Galway chances: Lightly-raced Gameball 'rolling the dice'

10.16AM

Bloodstock focus on Galway: The weight of greatness on Annie Power's son in the Bumper

9.12AM

Mon 20th Jul 2026

Arwen now Galway bound

Lady Arwen (10/1) scored for the second time this season in the Daily Sports Special At Tote.ie Handicap at Ballinrobe this evening over an extended mile and a furlong.

7.49PM

Mullins holds eight entries in the Galway Plate headed by Funiculi Funicula

9.18AM

Fri 17th Jul 2026

Paddy two from two over fences

Shadow Paddy made it two from two over fences when asserting late on to win the Lee Strand Novice Chase at Killarney for trainer Eoin McCarthy.

4.03PM

Thu 16th Jul 2026

Freedom strikes again for Kinirons

The Andrew Kinirons-trained Lips Freedom bagged back-to-back wins with a gutsy performance in the Kerry Drains Handicap Hurdle at Killarney.

7.40PM

Loughrea followed up his Curragh win for Andrew Slattery

Slattery sets sights on Galway Mile with improving Loughrea

7.00PM

Tue 14th Jul 2026

Kaitlyn rides first winner as Eagle Fang takes Killarney nightcap

Amateur jockey Kaitlyn Ryan rode her first career winner when getting up close home on Eagle Fang to take the closing Thorn Plant Hire (Q.R.) Maiden at Killarney.

8.52PM