Galway Races aiming to ‘get ahead of the game’ when trying to curb underage drinking
Official Ballybrit attendance of 124,745 only slightly down on last year’s tally
Galway Races
Two jockeys stood down at Galway after failed pre-race alcohol tests
Cases involving Leigh Roche and Eoin Staples sent to an IHRB referrals committee
Milliner Margaret O’Connor on making hats with attitude: ‘At the moment I am creating some of my best work’
The awardwinning multidisciplinary artist draws inspiration and creative energy from her childhood memories, horses, music and – most recently – flowers
Precise renews rivalry with Blue Bolt in Deauville Group One
Aidan O’Brien ahead of schedule to break his own world record for top-flight victories
Thread Of Gold bags another big prize at Galway
Willie Mullins saddles his seventh winner of the meeting
Willie Mullins can buck the trend with Thread Of Gold in Galway feature
Promising three-year-old could announce himself in ultra-competitive 18-runner field
Galway Races Ladies’ Day: ‘Colour and style just adds to everything that’s happening on the track’
The judges set to work not long after the gates opened with hundreds having registered for the Best Dressed competition
In pictures: Lisa Walsh scoops €10,000 prize on Ladies’ Day at the Galway Races
Best Hat award was won by Maksuda Akhter, who wore a design by Irish milliner Fiona Rafter
Dan King becomes first jockey in 42 years to complete big Galway double on Putapoundinthejar
Tony Martin’s star overcomes pre-race scare to land €270,000 Galway Hurdle
Hardy Ragmans Corner takes on Galway Hurdle challenge for trainer Gerry Keane
El Cairos looks to be Gordon Elliott’s No.1 hope for another success
Galway Plate glory on King Alexander cements jockey Daniel King’s rising-star status
Willie Mullins outsider holds off Conyers Hill in Wednesday feature
Charles Byrnes could make headlines for right reasons with Reverend Hubert in Galway Plate
Gordon Elliott has won €270,000 festival feature five times in 10 years
Orandi brings Tony Martin back into Galway spotlight with big Mile victory
Rising star Dan King earns more plaudits after steeplechase success on Frankie John
Veteran jockey Derek O’Connor finds his Comfort Zone to land ‘amateur Derby’ at Galway
Joseph O’Brien takes opening Galway festival feature with JP McManus-owned 18-1 shot
Jessica Harrington and Shane Foley enjoy pre-Galway fillip with German Group One glory
Hotazhell emerges on top in thrilling finish to top-flight contest in Munich
Up to 130,000 racegoers expected at Galway festival despite turn in weather
Willie Mullins on target to be crowned festival’s leading trainer once more
Galway Races Summer Festival serves up what race fans want with mixed programmes
Galway festival will be the only racing action in 2026 with a mix of flat and jumps racing on each day
Galway boss says mixed cards make a ‘key difference’ to festival’s popular appeal
Michael Moloney argues that mix of flat and jumps races helps draw people and would work at other meetings
‘I know that you expect me to ask you to stop riding’: Jockey Alan O’Sullivan, a year after the death of his brother
The young jockey reflects on a poignant ride, his relationship with racing and the continued inspiration of his brother
Helvic Dream team lose Galway Hurdle appeal
Trainer Noel Meade’s appeal was considered at a Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board hearing on Wednesday
Jessica Harrington’s Hotazhell goes for Grade One US glory in $750,000 Saratoga Derby
Galway Mile hero Dunum aiming to repeat his 2023 festival success in Sunday’s Ahonoora Handicap
Easing ground conditions can help course winner Nans View in Galway festival feature
Neveradullmoment could underline Ballybrit credentials with Galway Blazers success
Ladies’ Day: ‘Get off Tinder – you have to come to the Galway Races’
Competition both on and off the track is stiff, with high stakes and high heels, as locals and visitors enjoy ‘electric atmosphere’
Galway Races Ladies’ Day in pictures: Woman who designed own outfit wins top prize
`I just can’t believe it, I am ecstatic. I’m from Galway so this means so much to me,’ says prizewinner
Ndaawi and Jack Kennedy get dramatic Galway Hurdle in the stewards room after Helvic Dream thrown out
Gordon Elliott becomes first trainer to complete Galway Plate-Hurdle double in same week since 1979
Last year’s runner-up Ndaawi out to go one better in Galway Hurdle
Gordon Elliott saddles four hopefuls as he pursues first success in Ballybrit’s Ladies’ Day feature
Danny Gilligan wins second Galway Plate in three years as Western Fold powers to Ballybrit glory
Jack Kennedy labels race start ‘a joke’ but no action taken by stewards
Top amateur jockey Derek O’Connor aiming for Galway Plate glory on Anyway
Gordon Elliott has seven runners in the Plate as he pursues a record fifth success
Natalia Lupini secures big-race Galway festival glory as Dunum holds on for Mile success
Veteran jockey Seamus Heffernan lands €120,000 Ballybrit feature on Italian trainer’s 12/1 shot
Smallest big-race field in a decade lines out for Galway festival feature
Slieve Binnian targets hat-trick of big handicap victories in BMW Mile
Galway Races: Heart-warmingly bad start for bookies at Ballybrit
Week-long festival begins with Davy Crockett staying on strongly to oblige punters
Poignant success in Galway festival feature for Alan O’Sullivan aboard Filey Bay
JP McManus pays tribute to the late Edward O’Grady after completing double on Day One of the festival
McMonagle goes into Galway festival top of the jockeys table after Gowran hat-trick
Donegal rider reaches 52 winners for the season and goes ahead of suspended Colin Keane
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