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Wed 27th Jul 2016

No overnight rain at Galway

There has been no overnight rain at Galway ahead of day three of the festival.

9.58AM

HRI launch 'Industry Assistance Programme'

8.36AM

Tue 26th Jul 2016

Galway crowd down after rainy night

The attendance on a rainy night at Galway tonight was down 3,452 on last year's total at Ballybrit.

8.55PM
Water Sprite

Sprite dances to victory in last

8.55PM

Beau Satchel

McDonogh notches brace and Satchel a treble

8.11PM

Creggs Pipes leads them round the bend in the feature

Pipes blows away Mile rivals

8.00PM

Sikandarabad holds off Saafarr

Weld doubles up with Sikandarabad

7.18PM

Eziyra

Weld on the mark again with Eziyra

6.36PM

Talk The Lingo and Barry Cash lead the field

Lingo holds on to spring shock

6.08PM

Penhill (right) lunges late under Ruby Walsh

Walsh swoops late on Penhill

5.42PM

Ryan Moore

Ballydoyle colt War strikes at Goodwood

3.01PM

Road To Riches

Road bids for Galway riches again

2.40PM

Shanahan's Turn

Shanahan's aiming to shine again at Ballybrit

2.40PM

The Gurkha

Gurkha aims for Sussex revenge

2.40PM

Tony McCoy

McCoy pays tribute to McNamara

1.22PM

Briar Hill

Briar turns attention to fences

9.34AM

Dermot Weld

Weld should strike with Eziyra

9.33AM

Galway

Galway ground similar to opening day

9.12AM

John Thomas McNamara

JT McNamara passes away

8.55AM

Mon 25th Jul 2016

Tote turnover up but bookmakers see less

The crowd on the opening day of the Galway Festival was 18,851 (down 363 from 19,214 in 2015).

9.25PM
Electric Concorde sees it out best in Galway

Culloty saddles first Festival winner

9.00PM

Motherland well clear in Ballybrit

Motherland rules the roost in Galway

8.32PM

Swamp Fox turns for home in front

Browne takes honours on Swamp Fox

8.00PM

Spruce Meadows heads for home in Galway

Spruce Meadows and Halpin team up well

7.27PM

Right Honourable, near side, edges ahead in Galway

Weld strikes with Right Honourable

6.51PM

Shake The Bucket, left, and Slippers Madden lead into the straight

Shake The Bucket keeps on winning

6.21PM

Muthaza (right) leads at the last

Muthaza eases home in Festival opener

5.50PM

Boynton, right

Boynton 'the one they all have to beat'

5.17PM

Pyromaniac

Pyromaniac able to run in Galway Hurdle

5.10PM

Dermot Weld

Leading Galway trainers have points to prove

5.09PM

War Decree, right

War Decree plans revenge in Goodwood

3.45PM

Baraweez

Ellison bemoans Baraweez's draw

3.42PM

Roscommon

Roscommon chase transferred to Kilbeggan

3.39PM

Architecture

Palmer lines up German Oaks for Architecture

1.30PM

Minding

Minding heads Nassau contenders

1.27PM

Hostile Fire

Irish trainers well represented in Perth

12.21PM

Trip To Paris

Trip To Paris has Lonsdale Cup target

11.20AM

Awtaad

Classic trio set for Sussex Stakes rematch

11.15AM

Gusty Rocky

Going report and market moves

11.01AM

Davy Russell

Hurling for Cancer Research fundraiser

10.33AM

Sarwistan, right

Galway preview

8.49AM

Plough Boy

Plough Boy aims to go one better in Ballybrit

8.42AM

Sun 24th Jul 2016

Tis Marvellous wins Prix Robert Papin

Clive Cox won the Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffitte for the second time in four years as Tis Marvellous ran out a hugely impressive winner.

7.07PM
The parade ring and betting ring at Galway

Bumper crowds expected for Galway Festival

6.51PM

Baraweez pictured on his way to victory at Galway last year

Notch heads Ellison's team for Galway

6.47PM

Robbie McNamara with Chadic

McNamara bidding for big race glory

4.47PM

Clarcam

Clarcam all set for the Galway Plate

2.59PM

War Decree

War Decree among Vintage Stakes 10

2.11PM

Alexios Komnenos

Alexios team bide their time on future plans

1.04PM

Robbie McNamara pictured with Chadic at Cork

McNamara has first Galway runner

11.38AM

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