Brought to you by Horse Racing Ireland The Galway Races are back, here’s how you can get involved in all the action. The Galway Races are back for one of the most iconic race meetings in the world. Running from Monday 26 July until Sunday 1 August, this year the races are an exciting virtual event […]

5 years ago

Carlow based trainer Shark Hanlon has been handed an 18-month suspended sentence of his licence after Galway Races winner, Camlann tested positive for elevated levels of cobalt. Camlann was victorious on day two of the festival, winning the Open Gate Pure Brew Handicap. However, a post-race sample showed that the horse had gone over the 100 […]

8 years ago

It is the penultimate day of the 2018 Galway Races. The first of eight races will begin at 2pm. Ask Katie was our big each-way winner yesterday at 66/1, we hope you trusted us on that one. The GOING for today as told by Horse Racing Ireland: The ground at Galway is yielding to soft (NH […]

8 years ago

It’s Day 5 at the Galway Races. As we enter into the weekend normal service resumes with the first race kicking off at 17:10. We can look forward to plenty of spills and thrills in what is expected to be a very competitive Friday at Ballybrit. Honor Oak came up trumps for SportsJOE yesterday, and […]

8 years ago

The Galway Races are now in full flow. Day four is arguably the most important day of the week, as it is Ladies Day at Ballybrit. Unlike previous days, the first race is at 13:40, so you need to get down to the bookies early – or the dry cleaners if you’re only interested […]

8 years ago

If you had placed your faith in us with our second day picks for the Galway Races, you would be waking up happy this morning. Three winners, as well as five outside picks that came in at each-way; including Engles Rock at 16/1. Indeed, the big winner was Riven Light at 11/1 in the showpiece […]

8 years ago