Galway Races

Galway Racecourse is a right-handed semi-circular horse racing venue at Ballybrit in County Galway. It is home to one of the Ireland’s biggest summer sporting events, the week-long Galway Festival.

An undulating course, the track has a sharp descent and then a short but uphill run-in over two furlongs. The final two fences in National Hunt steeplechases over jumps can be tricky.

There are also plenty of Galway races on the flat too. A circuit of the round course is a testing mile-and-a-quarter.

This track is all about big betting handicaps with the Galway Plate over fences and Galway Hurdle both holding Grade A status – the highest level in Ireland.

Galway Racecourse Fixtures And Events 2021

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MON 26th Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Evening

TUE 27th Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Evening

WED 28th Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Evening

THU 29th Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Afternoon

FRI 30th Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Evening

SAT 31st Jul Galway

Turf Mixed Afternoon

SUN 1st Aug Galway

Turf Mixed Afternoon

MON 6th Sept Galway

Turf Jump Evening

TUE 7th Sept Galway

Turf Flat Evening

TUE 5th Oct Galway

Turf Jump Afternoon

SAT 23rd Oct Galway

Turf Jump Afternoon

SUN 24th Oct Galway

Turf Jump Afternoon

MON 25th Oct Galway

Turf Jump Afternoon

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Galway Races Tips

Paul Townend was the top active jockey over jumps at Galway Racecourse in the five seasons between 2015-16 and 2019-20 with a 17 per cent strike rate in the saddle.
He is the stable jockey to this track’s top trainer, Willie Mullins, who stands out with 23 per cent of his runners winning in the same period.
For Galway races on the level in that time, Billy Lee was the best active rider with 14 winners at a 14 per cent win ratio between 2015 and 2019.
While leading flat trainer Aidan O’Brien has a fine 23 per cent strike rate in that time, Mullins has made plenty of raids crossing over from jumps and sent out 34 per cent of his runners to win in this sphere.