Results Galway Fri, 2nd Aug, 2019

Going - N.H.: Good. Flat: good, good to yielding in places. Fine and warm

Jackpot Pool - €17,109.08 Dividend - €518.40 Winning Units - 25.1. Placepot Pool - €58,483.66 Dividend - €84.80 Winning Units - 489.35. Pick Six Pool - €3,631.17 Days Aggregate - €731,072.00 Last Year

5.10

Guinness Galway Tribes H'cap H'dle of €80,000 2m 11yds

1st

Lucky Icon (IRE) (9)

20/1

Tote €26.60 €6.40

2nd

3.5L

Lever Du Soleil (FR) (8)

9/2

€1.90

3rd

5.5L

Wait Here (IRE) (13)

16/1

€4.50

4th

Star Maker (GB) (2)

10/1

OFF 5.10. Time 3m. 40.60 secs14 Ran

Trainer Thomas Mullins

Jockey D E Mullins

Owner Mrs Jayne Sivills

Breeder Mrs H. Mullins

Tote Exacta- €149.90
Tote Trifecta- €2317.40
CSF- €110.22
Tricast- €1531.81

Full Result

More joy at Galway for Tom and Helen Mullins with Lucky Icon

He won well in Killarney and is a horse who is growing up and getting stronger all the time. Killarney was a confidence boost for him and maybe we found out the way to ride him as well,. He wasn't straightforward and the first win he had over hurdles at Ballinrobe he put up a Champion Hurdle performance that day, I thought! I was looking forward to more but it didn't come. Obviously he needs to be ridden that way, or on the outside, as he could be claustrophobic. He has also got a lot stronger in the last couple of months. Danny got the fractions right and rode him very well. I'd run him again on the flat when I see an ideal race and an ideal jockey for him.

Lucky Icon and Danny Mullins, chased home by Lever Du Soleil and Conor McNamara

More joy at Galway for Tom and Helen Mullins with Lucky Icon

5.45

James's Gate Irish EBF Med Auction Mdn of €20,000 7f

1st

Alpine Star (IRE) (8)

7/4fav

Tote €2.60 €1.10

2nd

3.25L

Santiago (IRE) (6)

9/4

€1.10

3rd

1.75L

Longclaw (USA) (5)

4/1

€1.60

4th

Chrysalism (IRE) (10)

20/1

OFF 5.45. Time 1m. 27.16 secs11 Ran

Trainer Mrs John Harrington

Jockey S Foley

Owner Niarchos Family

Breeder Niarchos Family

Tote Exacta- €6.60
Tote Trifecta- €17.10
CSF- €5.83

NRs - Kassaba (IRE) (lame)

Full Result

Alpha Centauri's half-sis Star wins at Galway

We're very happy with her and she learned a lot from her experience at Leopardstown and form of that race worked out great,. You'd hope it is onwards and upwards with her now and she could go for a winners' of one and also has some fancy entries. She has a great attitude and Shane said he had to light her up coming out of the gate from a bad draw and she ran a little bit keen. He said as soon as she found the rising ground all she needed was one slap down the shoulder.

Alpine Star and Shane Foley

Alpha Centauri's half-sis Star wins at Galway

6.15

Guinness Galway Blazers H'cap S'chase of €80,000 2m 6f 111yds

1st

Minella Beau (IRE) (3)

4/1fav

Tote €4.70 €1.70

2nd

0.5L

Icantsay (IRE) (8)

20/1

€4.50

3rd

Mine Now (IRE) (10)

12/1

€2.70

4th

1.25L

Tesseract (IRE) (6)

5/1

€1.70

OFF 6.15. Time 5m. 29.00 secs16 Ran

Trainer W P Mullins

Jockey P Townend

Owner Mrs A F Mee

Breeder Tom Egan

Tote Exacta- €98.80
Tote Trifecta- €1520.40
CSF- €91.56
Tricast- €955.69

NRs - Riviera Sun (IRE) (coughing), Mindsmadeup (IRE) (lame)

Full Result

Early August Galway and it must be Minella Beau

I thought Paul got two fine jumps out of him at the final two fences - the 'mooneen', and both times he got lengths and that was the whole difference,. The second horse put in a huge performance to make the running and we just beat him and if the second jumped the last two as well as we did it would have been a different result but we were lucky enough on the day. Being Annette Mee's horse, a lot of his year revolves around Galway and he'd have to improve a lot to get into the Plate next year. That will be his target next year if he goes up in the weights.

Minella Beau and Paul Townend (near) wins the Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Chase from Icantsay (Robbie Power)

Early August Galway and it must be Minella Beau

6.50

Guinness H'cap of €120,000 1m 4f

1st

Mr Adjudicator (GB) (10)

11/8fav

Tote €2.40 €1.20

2nd

0.75L

Camphor (IRE) (8)

5/1

€1.70

3rd

0.5L

Latoyah Of North (IRE) (5)

20/1

€5.90

4th

2.5L

War Diary (GB) (6)

6/1

OFF 6.50. Time 2m. 37.62 secs12 Ran

Trainer W P Mullins

Jockey K J Manning

Owner David Bobbett

Breeder Mrs L N Harmes

Tote Exacta- €10.50
Tote Trifecta- €250.80
CSF- €8.06
Tricast- €109.23

NRs - Tudor City (IRE) (coughing), Remarkable Lady (IRE) (lame), Il Paradiso (USA) (off feed)

Full Result

9th of the week as Willie Mullins doubles up on day 5

Kevin was very forceful on him and made up his mind in the dip. I said to him that the horse was very sluggish coming out of stalls and to try and get a position on him and he got a lovely position on him early on,. He made the horse's mind up in the dip but said he got there a little too soon. It is nice compensation (for Monday) and the horse hadn't been lucky all season until Punchestown (in May) when it came right, and it came right again at Autueil. God knows when he last had a break so we'll have a review of his season and we'll see what is coming up. I imagine he could get a break as we have campaigned him hard this season and I think he could improve a lot as in jumping terms he is young.

Mr Adjudicator (Kevin Manning) beats Camphor (Shane Foley)

9th of the week as Willie Mullins doubles up on day 5

7.25

Guinness Irish EBF (Fillies) M'dn of €17,000 1m 4f

1st

Invitation (IRE) (5)

10/3

Tote €3.60 €1.40

2nd

4.5L

Irradiate (IRE) (6)

12/1

€4.10

3rd

3.5L

Lighthouse Lady (IRE) (8)

7/1

€2.20

4th

nose

Mount Jannu (IRE) (9)

10/1

OFF 7.27. Time 2m. 38.54 secs10 Ran

Trainer A P O'Brien

Jockey D O'Brien

Owner Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith

Breeder Orpendale, Wynatt & Chelston

Tote Exacta- €45.80
Tote Trifecta- €278.00
CSF- €46.87

NRs - Oiche Re Gealai (IRE) (in season), Floating Around (IRE) (withdrawn 66/1, bolted on way to start)

Full Result

Aidan beats Joseph as O'Briens dominate Galway fillies maiden

I had a good draw, she jumped and travelled and she was very fit so she kept galloping,. The plan is to get black-type and whether or not she'll be up to it we'll find out when we try it but that's the aim with her.

Invitation wins under Donnacha O'Brien to the delight of some in the Ballybrit throng

Aidan beats Joseph as O'Briens dominate Galway fillies maiden

7.55

Arthur Guinness H'cap of €17,000 1m 98yds

1st

Imposing Supreme (IRE) (9)

6/1

Tote €6.60 €1.90

2nd

0.75L

Royal Canford (IRE) (12)

6/1

€1.80

3rd

0.5L

Starlite Dancer (IRE) (13)

14/1

€4.20

4th

1.25L

Njord (IRE) (3)

13/2

€2.20

OFF 7.57. Time 1m. 48.96 secs17 Ran

Trainer Thomas Gibney

Jockey G F Carroll

Owner Leonard Kinsella

Breeder Mr & Mrs John Banahan

Tote Exacta- €46.80
Tote Trifecta- €642.20
CSF- €46.91
Tricast- €538.95

NRs - Nakakande (IRE) (reserve), Dragon Roll (IRE) (change in going), Marwari (IRE) (off feed), Athlumney Hall (IRE) (reserve)

Stewards Enquiry - Result stands

Full Result

Festival winning rider Gibney trains 1st Galway summer winner

I'm delighted for the horse as he deserved that. He has only run nine times and has finished second four times so I was hoping he would get his head in front and I'm delighted for Leonard (Kinsella) and Kevin (Haigney) who are my biggest supporters. We had no intention of coming to Galway until Gary (Carroll) got off him at Killarney and said Galway would suit him, so that was it. He is improving, is solid as a rock and has a fantastic temperament. He is big, is all there, and it is easy to train horses like him and I wish I had a stable full of horses like him. That's my first Galway festival winner as a trainer but I won the GPT as a jockey on Saving Bond for Noel Meade (in 1997).

Gary Carroll keeps Imposing Supreme up to the job

Festival winning rider Gibney trains 1st Galway summer winner

8.25

Rockshore Apple Cider Race of €20,000 1m 6f 14yds

1st

Hasanabad (IRE) (1)

6/1

Tote €7.30 €2.70

2nd

1.5L

Sneaky Getaway (IRE) (2)

15/8

€1.30

3rd

0.5L

The King (IRE) (7)

1/1fav

4th

Newlands (AUS) (6)

33/1

OFF 8.25. Time 3m. 9.03 secs7 Ran

Trainer D K Weld

Jockey C D Hayes

Owner Mrs J Wood And Mr S Wood

Breeder His Highness the Aga Khan's Studs S.C.

Tote Exacta- €20.90
Tote Trifecta- €25.70
CSF- €18.59

NRs - Golden Spear (GB) (coughing)

Full Result

Weld off the mark for Galway 2019

It was a good tactical ride from Chris, he was always travelling nicely and it was a good performance by the horse,. He is in the Sales at Doncaster next week and that will probably be his next venture. He is a big strong horse and will make a nice national hunt horse for somebody and that is what he is ideal for. I thought he'd be hard to beat here today and making the running was always in my thoughts. We are not running that many horses (this week) and have had five or six seconds. I'm not using an excuse but when you're drawn 18 or 17 it is very very difficult. My two year old colt ran a super race on Monday but again the draw is so important as the winner was drawn in 1 and we were in 5 and it was the same in the Listed race and if you change those draws around, you'd get a different result. The team we brought here wasn't our strongest, I was well aware of it and was very quiet about them, but they are running well and that's as good as they are.

Results Galway Fri, 2nd Aug, 2019

Lucky Icon and Danny Mullins, chased home by Lever Du Soleil and Conor McNamara

Alpine Star and Shane Foley

Minella Beau and Paul Townend (near) wins the Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Chase from Icantsay (Robbie Power)

Mr Adjudicator (Kevin Manning) beats Camphor (Shane Foley)

Invitation wins under Donnacha O'Brien to the delight of some in the Ballybrit throng

Gary Carroll keeps Imposing Supreme up to the job

Hasanabad and Chris Hayes beats Sneaky Getaway (Ronan Whelan) to win the Rockshore Apple Cider Race