Galway Horse Racing Tips

Galway Racecourse is situated on the west coast of Ireland and is a dual-purpose track featuring both flat racing and national hunt racing meaning you will be able to get horse racing tips throughout the year.

The Galway festival run towards the end of July or beginning of August is the highlight on the calendar offering racegoers the best of both codes with both Flat and NH racing included.

The highlights of the festival are the Galway Hurdle and the Galway Plate which are both Grade 1 races.

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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Galway

Galway Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 34-116 (29%) +14.62
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 28-69 (41%) -3.40
• Handicap Chases: 6-34 (18%) -8.75
• Handicap Hurdles: 16-74 (22%) -19.17
• Non-Handicap Chases: 13-42 (31%) -14.94
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 26-67 (39%) -11.64

The flat track is a right-handed undulating track which has a testing uphill finish for the final 2 furlongs, all flat races involve a right-hand bend with no races over a straight trip.

National hunt racing is run on the exact same track as flat racing, so the characteristics are the same with the hurdles containing six hurdles over a circuit and the chasing containing seven fences to negotiate.

Galway Racecourse Address: Ballybrit, Galway, H91 V654, Ireland

Galway Racecourse Telephone: 91 700 100

To buy tickets for a race day at Galway, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

You can view the best free horse racing tips when there is a meeting above, our knowledgeable tipsters love some Irish racing so take a look at what they are tipping.

In the case of there currently being no racing at Galway, try our main racing predictions page for tips from other courses for today's racing.

With an LSP of -60.75, the most unsuccessful stall at Galway is stall 7 when backing runners over a trip of 7f over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Galway taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Galway?

Whilst Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the most successful trainer at Galway with a total of twenty-two winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. Mrs John Harrington is the most successful trainer at Galway for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of seventeen winners and an LSP of +5.08. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Galway and that would be Mark Fahey who shows the best eachway LSP which is +22.73 thanks to their ten placings (five winners). John C McConnell does not have a great record at Galway, their LSP of -63.00 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from one winner from eighty-two runners which is a 1% strike rate.

Shane Foley has produced a total of twenty-one winners at the Galway racecourse and with an LSP of +12.21, they top the winner's list for jockeys who also show a profit. With an eachway LSP of +14.06 at Galway, J Coen leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their eight placings which include a total of two winners. A total of twelve winners from one hundred twenty-four rides at Galway has W J Lee at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 10% strike rate and worst LSP of -70.92.

Galway Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Galway based on the number of winners:

• 16 Wins: Mrs John Harrington & Shane Foley
• 10 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & Dylan B McMonagle
• 7 Wins: D K Weld & C D Hayes
• 7 Wins: A P O'Brien & W M Lordan
• 7 Wins: A P O'Brien & J A Heffernan

Galway Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Galway Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Galway?

W P Mullins is the leading trainer here at Galway with forty-three winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Noel Meade would have returned the most winners (fifteen) from a profitable trainer. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Galway and that would be J P Dempsey who shows the best eachway LSP which is +12.60 thanks to their nine placings (five winners). With an LSP of -74.36 at Galway, Gavin Patrick Cromwell heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of eleven winners from one hundred thirty-five runners which is a strike rate of 8%.

Backing all of the P Townend rides would have produced the most winners for a jockey here at Galway with eighteen but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Mr P W Mullins leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +7.76 from their fourteen winners. With an eachway LSP of +148.07 at Galway, Miss A B O'Connor leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their six placings which include a total of two winners. A total of one winner from eighty-six rides at Galway has P T Enright at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 1% strike rate and worst LSP of -82.00.

Galway Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Galway for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 7-13 (54%) +23.04 - Backing Mr P W Mullins rides when over a trip of 2m

Galway Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Galway based on the number of winners:

• 18 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
• 14 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
• 13 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
• 7 Wins: Paul John Gilligan & Jack G Gilligan
• 6 Wins: Gavin Patrick Cromwell & K M Donoghue

Galway Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Galway Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Galway Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.