Ansar & Yes Sir Head 46 Galway Plate Entries & Sponsors Prices Dual winner Ansar trained by Dermot Weld and the Peter Bowen trained Yes Sir head the weights for this year's William Hill Galway Plate. The pair head a list of 46 entries at the final forfeit stage for the feature race of next weeks Galway Festival. The duo will carry the top weight of 11st 10lb's. Six British horses have stood their ground including Iron Man and Hoo La Baloo, who finished first and second in the Summer Plate at Market Rasen last week. The home defence will be headed by the dual William Hill Galway Plate winner Ansar, who will be bidding to record an eight win at the Ballybrit venue next week. The connections of last year's winner Far From Trouble Christy Roche and JP McManus are represented by Cool Running. The sponsors make Cool Running and Ansar their 8-1 joint favourites for the ?220,000 contests, while the well backed Conna Castle is 9-1 next best with the bookmakers. Spokesman for the sponsors Tony Kenny commented 'We're absolutely delighted with the way the race is shaping up at the moment, and its great to see a strong British presence in the race' He continued 'Conna Castle and Iron Man have been the two best backed horses in the race, but we expect to see a lot more changes over the next few days' Wednesday 1st August 2007William Hill Galway Plate (Sponsors Bet): 8-1 Ansar, Cool Running, 9-1 Conna Castle, 10-1 Emotional Article, Pacolet, 11-1 Iron Man, Sir Frederick, Ursumman, 12-1 Manilou, 14-1 Bothar Na, On The Other Hand, On The Net, Yes Sir, 16-1 Adamant Approach, Knight Legend, 20-1 Baron De Feypo, Beautiful Vision, Dix Villez, Hoo La Baloo, Oodachee, 25-1 Bar E/W ? 1, 2, 3 ,4William Hill Galway Plate Special: 11-4 JP McManus to own the Galway Plate winner
