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Gilligan’s stable star obliges at Ballybrit in terrific 24 hours for Galway trainer

PAUL Gilligan is heading with two horses on the boat to the big November meeting at Cheltenham. And why wouldn’t h...

Galway gears up for their two-day September meet

ALMOST €250,000 in prize-money will be up for grabs at the two-day Galway September meeting at Ballybrit next Monday ...

Rising star Gilligan makes the headlines at local track

BARRY Geraghty has never won one; Rachael Blackmore and Jack Kennedy have yet to win one, but a teenage Galway jockey...

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Weld not ready to roll over at a track he loves

By John McIntyre at Ballybrit THE emperor strikes back. For over three decades Dermot Weld strode like a colossus around Ballybrit, mopping up t...

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Mullins tees it up for favourite punters in the first-day feature

IT might be slightly unfair to describe Emmet Mullins as a maverick trainer, but he has an unorthodox if successful way of doing things as was agai...

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Galway racecourse chief Moloney hoping clouds will break for festival

IN the midst of a dry summer, Michael Moloney was hardly tempted to do a rain dance 12 month ago given the Galway Racecourse’s proven own irrigatio...

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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 as a chat to their respective...

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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 finally fell into place in specta...

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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 Ballybrit on the last day of J...


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Gilligan’s stable star obliges at Ballybrit in terrific 24 hours for Galway trainer
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