Guide to Galway Racecourse
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: 28-112 (25%) -0.47
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 30-70 (43%) -2.14
- Handicap Chases: 6-33 (18%) -8.37
- Handicap Hurdles: 17-76 (22%) -15.17
- Non-Handicap Chases: 13-42 (31%) -16.41
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 27-66 (41%) -13.46
Galway Racecourse Map
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 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.
Galway tips and helpful information
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Galway Draw Bias
✅ When breaking Galway down into trips, you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the best LSP. That would be stall 2 over a trip of 7f, which has, over the last five years, produced an LSP of +3.25.
❌ Backing stall 7 at Galway over a trip of 7f is the most unsuccessful stall and trip combination at Galway, returning an LSP of -56.75 over the last five years.
Here we have the draw bias for Galway taken into consideration in races with ten or more runners. We will break down the figures by race trips. Draws can be much more important in shorter trips, where runners do not have time to find their position during the race, meaning the draw is probably more important than in races over longer distances.
- Sprints (5f to 7½f)
- Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
- Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)
The following table shows a breakdown of 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 the lowest stall number to the highest.
Galway Jockey and Trainer Statistics (Flat)
Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Galway?
Backing all of the Joseph Patrick O'Brien runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Galway, with twenty-three, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. D K Weld leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +0.69 from their fifteen winners. 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 Michael Mulvany, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +22.56, thanks to their seventeen placings (six winners). At the other end of the spectrum is John C McConnell, who has a terrible record at Galway; of all the trainers, their LSP of -51.00 is the worst, they have a 1% strike rate with one winner from seventy runners.
When looking at profitable jockeys only, then it is Shane Foley who leads the way with a total of nineteen winners, producing an LSP of +18.78, whilst C T Keane leads the overall list with nineteen winners but shows a loss overall. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Galway, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Wesley Joyce, that LSP is +33.86, which has been accumulated by a total of sixteen placings, which includes four winners. A total of five winners from one hundred four rides at Galway has Ben M Coen at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 5% strike rate and worst LSP of -52.50.
Galway Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Galway, based on the number of winners:
- 14 Wins: Mrs John Harrington & Shane Foley
- 14 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & Dylan B McMonagle
- 9 Wins: D K Weld & C D Hayes
- 9 Wins: A P O'Brien & W M Lordan
- 8 Wins: Joseph G Murphy & G F Carroll
Galway Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| D K Weld | 84-15-38 | +0.69 | -4.40 |
| Joseph G Murphy | 35-8-11 | +39.71 | +18.69 |
| Michael Mulvany | 76-6-17 | +45.00 | +22.56 |
| Mark Fahey | 32-5-12 | +24.00 | +17.23 |
| P Twomey | 20-5-10 | +15.50 | +8.13 |
| W P Mullins | 64-4-19 | +21.48 | +7.76 |
| Thomas Mullins | 29-4-8 | +27.75 | +13.67 |
| Miss Natalia Lupini | 18-4-10 | +13.33 | +9.49 |
| Jarlath P Fahey | 12-4-7 | +18.50 | +17.20 |
| A Kinirons | 20-3-5 | +37.50 | +17.13 |
Galway Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Foley | 127-19-41 | +18.78 | +8.48 |
| J A Heffernan | 129-13-32 | +24.38 | -1.00 |
| G F Carroll | 115-13-26 | +7.21 | -6.80 |
| L T McAteer | 68-4-12 | +37.00 | +9.89 |
| Wesley Joyce | 60-4-16 | +48.00 | +33.86 |
| R Whearty | 52-3-9 | +6.00 | -5.14 |
| M P Sheehy | 41-2-13 | +19.00 | +15.93 |
| J Coen | 30-2-8 | +22.00 | +14.06 |
| Killian Hennessy | 3-2-2 | +6.50 | +3.54 |
| J Kearney | 31-1-5 | +10.00 | +3.05 |
Galway Jockey and Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Galway?
Following Noel Meade would have returned a profit here at Galway with an LSP of +5.49, and their thirteen winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. W P Mullins leads the trainers' list overall with forty winners, but shows an overall loss. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Galway, then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is J P Dempsey, that LSP is +11.40, which has been accumulated by a total of ten placings, which includes six winners. W P Mullins does not have a great record at Galway; their LSP of -76.41 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from forty winners from two hundred forty-eight runners, which is a 16% strike rate.
Backing all of the J W Kennedy rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Galway, with nineteen, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. Mr P W Mullins leads the way for profitable jockeys with an LSP of +2.01 from their twelve winners. With an eachway LSP of +146.70 at Galway, Miss A B O'Connor leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway, which has been helped by their five placings, which include a total of two winners. The jockey with the worst record at Galway based on LSP is P T Enright, who has only a 0% strike rate with zero winners from eighty-two rides, which have returned an LSP of -82.00.
Galway Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Galway for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 5-12 (42%) +13.79 - 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:
- 15 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
- 15 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
- 12 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
- 8 Wins: Gavin Patrick Cromwell & K M Donoghue
- 6 Wins: Paul John Gilligan & Jack G Gilligan
Galway Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Meade | 60-13-29 | +5.49 | -7.49 |
| Peter Fahey | 71-7-20 | +1.88 | -16.71 |
| John Joseph Hanlon | 68-6-15 | +9.08 | -15.52 |
| Denis Gerard Hogan | 62-6-17 | +19.00 | -5.63 |
| J P Dempsey | 33-6-10 | +34.75 | +11.40 |
| Ross O'Sullivan | 27-6-14 | +17.00 | +8.93 |
| Paul Nolan | 31-3-8 | +21.00 | +3.59 |
| A J Martin | 29-3-9 | +16.00 | +3.85 |
| Andrew Slattery | 17-3-7 | +3.00 | -0.92 |
| Darren / O'Leary Bunyan | 4-3-4 | +13.73 | +7.86 |
Galway Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr P W Mullins | 42-12-23 | +2.01 | -5.31 |
| Sam Ewing | 67-11-20 | +10.38 | -11.04 |
| Jack G Gilligan | 49-6-11 | +2.29 | -8.80 |
| D J Gilligan | 44-6-15 | +10.83 | -6.01 |
| Mr J C Gainford | 51-5-15 | +15.00 | -1.90 |
| Conor McNamara | 26-4-8 | +6.00 | +0.70 |
| Mr R W Barron | 16-4-5 | +9.01 | -1.57 |
| R A Doyle | 43-3-6 | +5.75 | -8.57 |
| Shane O'Callaghan | 18-3-5 | +27.00 | +8.80 |
| D G Hogan | 15-3-7 | +34.00 | +15.25 |
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 trainer and jockey statistics, has been created using statistics available from HorseRaceBase. The data includes all races throughout the last five years (2021 to 2025).
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