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Rain dampens numbers but race changes reap rich reward

A shocking forecast for Family Day saw overall crowds at this year’s Galway Races down by 6,000 – but organisers are ...

Galway under starters orders for Race Week spectacular

The fiver drop in advance ticket prices to this year’s Galway Races has already reaped rewards with sales already wel...

Mum’s the word for Galway’s racing prodigy

It’s the enduring image of the 2023 Galway Races; Danny Gilligan getting a kiss on the cheek from his mother Natalie ...

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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...

Races off to perfect start with numbers up on last year

The Galway Races are off to a flying start, with crowds topping last year’s figures for the opening days of the week-long festival. Despite the ...

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...

Visitors back to pre-Covid levels as Galway moves to different kind of drama

As the Galway International Arts Festival draws to a close this weekend, all eyes turn to Ballybrit where the seven-day Galway Racing Festival is d...

Lots of positivity around but Galway will now have target on their backs

Inside Track with John McIntyre ALL around Ballybrit last week, the post All-Ireland football final verdict was virtually unanimous: Galway were...

Mullins finally seizes big one for amateurs

IT took him the guts of two decades to finally crack the code, but it proved 16th-time lucky for Patrick Mullins in the day-one feature at Ballybri...


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Rain dampens numbers but race changes reap rich reward
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