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Andy Dufresne can escape from the pack to land Tote sponsored Galway Plate

By George McDonagh AS we count down to the 2023 renewal of the Galway Races, a quick glance at the entries as well...

Galway jockey Ryan lands first ever Group One on sprinting sensation Shaquille

IT was beginning to feel like an eternity for Rossa Ryan in his quest for a first Group One winner, but the cards fin...

All systems go for Ireland’s most popular racing festival

THE stage is set for another successful Galway Summer Racing Festival which will see the clatter of hooves return to ...

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Talented teenager Gilligan leading National Hunt Jockeys’ Championship

THE rising star of the Irish jump jockeys’ weigh-room has already gone into the racing record books. For Danny Gilligan has become the first Galwa...

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Keelan aims to hoof it to top of racing world

Athenry trainer Keelan Dempsey has built a bank of equine experience during stints in the US and Australia. Now back home, he tells MICHAEL GLYNN a...

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Two-time Cheltenham hero Flooring Porter aiming for big festival hat-trick

NOT since the fabled triumphs of Dawn Run and Desert Orchid had the Cheltenham winners’ enclosure hosted mad-cap celebration scenes like it. Flo...

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Mullins stable set to continue domination of big Cheltenham Festival

IN the illustrious history of the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, there have been some extraordinary feats by trainers, jockeys and horses alike...

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Flooring Porter’s Cheltenham Festival hat-trick bid depends on results of X-ray

DUAL Stayers’ Hurdle winner at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, Flooring Porter faces a race against time to defend his crown in March. Th...

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Hurdle joy for the Lee-trained 20/1 shot on day of local success at September meeting

Local horses left their mark on the opening day of the Galway September meeting at Ballybrit on Monday. The Gort-based trainer, Norman Lee, sadd...


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