Galway Festival (Day 1) - Monday 26th July

[Spooner]

Galway

Time	Race	Distance	Entries (NR)
5:10 PM	HotelMeyrick.ie & The ghotel.ie Novice Hurdle	2m	18 (0)
5:45 PM	jurysinn.com Handicap Hurdle (81-123)	2m	23 (0)
6:20 PM	claregalwayhotel.ie (C & G) E.B.F. Maiden	7f	8 (0)
7:00 PM	carlton.ie/galwaycity (Q.R.) Handicap (70-100)	2m	23 (0)
7:35 PM	galwaybayhotel.com And radissonhotelgalway.com Handicap (50-75)	7f	18 (0)
8:05 PM	ghotel.ie & HotelMeyrick.ie Handicap (60-90)	1m 4f	12 (0)
8:35 PM	irelandhotels.com Flat Race	2m	23 (0)

[Monterosso]

Re: Galway Festival (Day 1) - Monday 26th July Not putting much of an opinion to these, I'll be backing them all though as I always have a small bet in each race at Galway for the fun! Prices will be edited in come tomorrow. Good luck everyone. 5:10 Galway - Force Of Habit - 1pt @ 9/2 (VC) From the Weld yard who does brilliantly here, showed enough on Hurdling debut for me to believe he has enough ability to win this, won last two flat starts and has Paul Townend on board. Should go well and will hopefully be around 5/1. 5:45 Galway - Kalellshan - 1pt e/w @ 8/1 (Betfred) From the Charles Byrnes yard and has Davey Russell on board, still lightly raced with only 15 career starts and open to more improvement. Looked progressive over fences last year and should come on for that run at Sligo for a new yard, should be around 10/1 and looks a decent e/w bet to me. 6:20 Galway - Poltava - .5pts e/w @ 25/1 (Bet365) Couldn't call this race, looks very open and the Weld horse is likely to be all the rage. Taking a chance here on the Stack horse to build upon his 2nd place finish last time out, Wayne Lorden on board and he's a well bred full brother to a US Group 3 winner. Might be in with a decent shout at roughly 14/1 if a couple don't run as expected. Tiny e/w bet. 7:00 Galway - Cyborg - 1pt e/w @ 15/2 (StanJames) Landed a couple of gambles for Charles Byrnes and looks to be quite a progressive horse, will stay no problems and ground will be no bothers. Katie Walsh on board for her only ride of the day and she's as capable a jockey as anyone. Good place claims at forecast odds around 7/1. 7:35 Galway - Footprint - 1pt e/w @ 8/1 (Ladbrokes) Back to last winning mark, tough race to call so I'm backing this one mainly due to Fran Berry being on board. Ground should be no problem and at odds hopefully around 8/1 it looks a decent e/w bet for small stakes. 8:05 Galway - Notalossonya - 1pt e/w @ 9/1 (Bet365) Beat a couple of decent sorts last time out on handicap debut, looks to have the potential to do better and may be in with a shout here. Lorden on board and he gave a great ride last time out and a 3lb rise in the weights looks fair. Could be in with a decent shout at around 12/1+ 8:35 Galway - Nordic Hawk - 1pt e/w @ 20/1 (StanJames) Not even going to bother trying to solve this race, looks too tough to call so I'm going with Nina here. 10.0 on BF at the moment and 9/1 would be sound come morning. His half brother has done well for the yard and with a bit more progression here this one could hopefully hit place money.