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Mon 7th Aug 2023

Melbourne Cup dream is on with Vauban

Vauban booked his ticket for the Melbourne Cup with a convincing success in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes at Naas this afternoon.

5.02PM
Katola and Chris Hayes win for trainer Dermot Weld and the Aga Khan.

Katola makes winning debut for Weld at Naas

4.21PM

Members of the Queen Maeve Racing Club celebrate the win of their Blenheim Belle.

Blenheim Belle a 40-1 winner on handicap debut for McNiff

4.11PM

Baltic Bird and Danny Gilligan

Baltic Bird has Listowel in his sights after Cork romp

4.03PM

Craft Irish and Gavin Ryan

In-foal Craft adds to CV

3.50PM

Teddy Boy and James Ryan win for trainer Eddie Lynam from At Long Last.

Teddy Boy gains well deserved Naas success under James Ryan

3.16PM

Jockey Robbie Geoghegan

Geoghegan receives 50 day ban at Galway

3.14PM

Ricky Langford and Cian Quirke just hold on to win the Fermoy Handicap Hurdle.

Ricky Langford just holds on to win under Cian Quirke

2.57PM

Rush Queen and Cian MacRedmond win for Shamrock Thoroughbreds and Ado McGuinness

Rush Queen upsets favourite in Naas opener

2.35PM

Moon Rise Beauty and Paul Townend win the Mares Maiden Hurdle at Cork.

Moon Rise Beauty gets Mullins off to winning start

2.28PM

Wesley Joyce makes a welcome return to race-riding at Naas on Monday afternoon.

Wesley Joyce makes welcome return to race-riding

1.18PM

Big Evs could bid to win the Nunthorpe Stakes at York for Mick Appleby

Conditions key to Big Evs Nunthorpe challenge

12.49PM

Giavellotto and Andrea Atzeni win the Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes Group 2

Lonsdale Cup next option for Giavellotto

10.32AM

Seamie Heffernan rides Innvincible Friend in the Ballyhane Stakes at Naas.

Dascombe chasing further Ballyhane success with Friend

9.24AM

Entry into Naas races is free this afternoon for Ballyhane Stakes meeting.

Free Entry into Naas races on Bank Holiday Monday

8.48AM

Vauban bids to book his Melbourne Cup ticket at Naas on Monday afternoon.

Mullins hoping to see Vauban book Melbourne Cup ticket

1.27AM

Sun 6th Aug 2023

Another successful week at Ballybrit

The seven-day Galway Festival drew to a close this afternoon with another large attendance of 14,129 (up 889 on the same day last year) bringing the total crowd this week to 122,362 — an increase of 5,642 on last year’s Festival.

6.20PM
You Oughta Know and Patrick Mullins win the Fr Breem Memorial Flat race

You Oughta Know a tenth Galway winner for Willie Mullins

6.05PM

Malbay Madness and Colin Keane near win the Ireland West Airport Knock Handicap

Malbay Madness goes one better under Colin Keane

5.24PM

Stromberg and Dylan Browne McMonagle win the Kinlay Hostel Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden

Stromberg easily lands maiden success for O'Brien/McMonagle

4.58PM

Dunum and Billy Lee win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap

Dunum back to winning ways in Ahonoora Handicap

4.47PM

Fighting Fit and Gavin Brouder win the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Steeplechase

Fighting Fit springs 33/1 surprise for Dempsey

4.05PM

Saint Sam and Paul Townend win the Eileen Kelly Memorial Steeplechase

Saint Sam proves different class to chase rivals

3.22PM

My Design and Ray Barron win the Kenny Galway Handicap Hurdle

Barron registers third winner of festival on My Design

2.52PM

Teed Up and Conor Clarke near win the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle from Stilyker

Teed Up wins his second race of the week at Galway

2.13PM

Courage Mon Ami and Frankie Dettori win the Ascot Gold Cup.

Courage Mon Ami team taking stock after Goodwood reverse

1.12PM

Quickthorn and Tom Marquand win the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes Group 1

Tom Marquand reflects on stellar Goodwood week

12.34AM

Sweet William and Robert Havlin winning The Coral Summer Handicap Stakes at Goodwood

Sweet William seals Summer success in style

12.31AM

Art Power bids for elusive Group One win at Deauville on Sunday afternoon.

Art Power aiming to seize Group One opportunity at Deauville

12.27AM

Hewick will have his entire campaign geared around a trip to Cheltenham next March.

Hewick set to return to America before Gold Cup bid

12.14AM

Sat 5th Aug 2023

Barron strikes again as Lighting lands gamble for Byrnes

Ray Barron bagged another Galway winner when Fortunate Lighting got on top in the closing stages to land the concluding bumper today.

6.17PM
Mon Coeur and Gary Carroll

Coeur collects deserved victory

5.54PM

Dragon Of Malta and Colin Keane beat Shawaamekh

Malta on the mark back at Galway

5.47PM

Goodwood

Racing abandoned at Goodwood

4.38PM

Portland and Seamie Heffernan (blue & orange) give chase in the straight

O'Brien and Heffernan double up with Portland

4.32PM

Aberama Gold and Andrea Atzeni led home by a loose horse

Aberama strikes Gold in Stewards' Cup

4.28PM

Royal Scotsman

Scotsman sidelined until next year

4.07PM

Bottler'secret and Dylan Browne McMonagle (right) come to land the spoils

Bottler executes Galway plan for Murphy

4.05PM

Navy Seal and Seamie Heffernan beat Bad Desire

Hotpot Seal gets the job done

3.24PM

Ambitious Fellow and Sam Ewing

Fahey makes it four for the week again with Fellow

2.51PM

Enfranchise and Danny Gilligan

Enfranchise makes most of Galway experience

2.21PM

Cork racecourse

Ground softens at Naas but Cork watering

12.29PM

Naas

Ballyhane the feature on action packed day at Naas

11.16AM

Galway

Galway passes inspection

7.50AM

Hallowed Star winning the BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle 2022

Tips for Galway Saturday

12.41AM

Fri 4th Aug 2023

Precautionary inspection at Galway ahead of Saturday's meeting

There will be a precautionary inspection at 7.30am ahead of tomorrow’s meeting at Galway due to an adverse weather forecast.

9.39PM
Sign From Above and Ronan Whelan

Sign From Above sends punters home happy in the finale

9.16PM

Shanroe (left) and Robbie Colgan

Shanoe gains poignant repeat win in Rockshore Race

8.40PM

Fratas and Jamie Powell

Fratas goes 2 places better 4 days later

8.19PM

Countess Of Tyrone and Billy Lee

Earl's sister looks another useful prospect

7.53PM

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