Galway races plays host to a world famous 7-day festival every summer. What makes the Galway racing festival so unique is the mixture of evening and afternoon action that the course provides, with three evening meetings and four afternoon fixtures.

There are several quality races over the course of the week, with the highlights being the Galway Plate and the Galway Hurdle. Over 200,000 people will attend the meeting where close to £28million will be reached in betting turnover.

One of the highlights of the week is Galway Ladies Day, where the ladies are asked to make a special effort in a bid to win the 'Best Dressed Lady' award. Although it's ladies day, there is also a prize for the 'Best Dressed Man' as well.

Galway Tips

On the racing front, the 7 days plays host to over 50 races so finding good Galway racing tips is a good way to stop you from going broke! The feature event of the meeting is the Galway Plate; run over fences over 2m 6f, the race is one of the most completive chase races in the jumps calendar. The other main race over the festival is the Galway Hurdle, run over two miles, which again will attract a number of high class hurdlers with the betting as fierce as a hurdle race comes.

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